From the cited source:
Stalin is an uncommon figure in modern economic history: a dictator with absolute power who also controlled one of the largest economies in the world. Since it is virtually impossible to separate Stalin’s wealth from the wealth of the Soviet Union, this combination has led multiple economists to nominate him as one of the richest people of all time.
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While that money didn’t belong directly to Stalin, he had the ability to leverage blah blah blah peepee poopoo
Neolib ghouls are absolutely wild.
These are the same people who call Putin a trillionaire. From what I’ve read, Stalin lived a modest life, most of his possessions went to public property when he died.
Much better example, these people simply have no idea how political structures work within socialist countries which is why their critiques of them don’t matter. It would be like critiquing the US as if it’s a feudal country.
I know, i just thought that since in the mind of liberals Putin and Stalin fit in the Slavic despot who control literally everything (but they are also puny and weak). People in their imaginations think that there’s a continuation from tsarist Russia through the Soviet Union to Putin now so they keep coming up with theories on how Russians are predisposed to “authortarianism” because of geography or due to being the descendents of Mongolians or whatever.
