Loose Change

[JediMaster12]

I'm not sure if Stalin was a Communist based on his actions, but by the same token it would seem to be excusing his actions.

He was a facist. Again the whole Commie scare had to do partly because the geniuses in DC at the time didn't know the difference between a Nationalist and a Communist and Socialist. The only reason Castro got labeled as such is because the USSR offered him a better deal for a fuel source. Castro was a Nationalist, not a Communist. The same with Ho Chi Minh who in fact wanted his country free like ours.

 

I guess the point is that it is easy to criticize in hindsight but you think that the geniuses in DC would have learned something from all this. In some cases, they haven't.

[SilentScope001]

He was a facist.

 

I think it might be better to call Stalin a "Stalinist" as it seems to be the most accurate of labels and it's less of a political slur as "communist" and "fasicst". Trosktists and other Communist groups may hate Stalin, but Stalin's supporters saw Stalin as a hero. Stalin likes what he did, so he's a Stalinist, as a Stalinist is one who approves of Stalin's ideas.

 

Is Stalinism the legit form of Communism, or is it "State-Sponosred Capitalism" according to other Communists? Too much debate and arguments over this thing...not really that useful and overall sort of boring. It really depends on what Communist you talk to.

[Nancy Allen``]

Actually you can single out Joe McCarthy for much of the anti communiost paranoia. The Cuban Missile Crisis didn't help either.

[Jae Onasi]

Folks, this thread is about Loose Change and the 9/11 conspiracy theories. Please make new threads or post in appropriate current threads about Stalin or Holocaust denial.