No dude, Stalin was a facist at heart and only used communism to further his agenda. He killed anyone who he felt threatened his power and with paranoia. Idk where you get the idea that he was trying to reign in the purges. He wasn’t. Doctor’s Plot, the red purge, holodomor, his hatred of Jews, there’s way too much. Everyone was happy to see him gone, at least secretly (refer to the secret speech). He had terrorised all of USSR.

While the politburo did sign off on the purges (never said they weren’t complicit) it was NOT a democratic process. You need representation of voters there.

Stalin’s purges must have been an educational tool as well then.

People have a fond outlook of what the USSR was like. They neglect to see that they were an authoritarian society with a single party in charge which was willing to do anything to remain in power.

Gulags were horrible places on all accounts.

That wasn’t real communism. Just an ideal hijacked by meglomaniacs.

Yeah that’s true, but we have to hold these people accountable without resorting to fascism and violence somehow.

Something to get the blood pumping. I am waiting for when the niche communities come alive.

Dunno what to say man. Take it up with reddit I guess.

It was repeated offense. I had got warnings before for insulating people’s limited brain power before.

Platform. I appealed but they weren’t having it. Reddit doesn’t like people causing others of being nazi and colonial fucks.

In one comment I called spez a nazi fuck. He removed that too.

Dude was talking about how the Brits were actually really good for their colonies (how they brought culture and infrastructure there) and how the bengal famine was actually because of the locals themselves.

London was apparently a benevolent european power.

Got banned for telling a colonial apologist and nazi to fuck off.

See that’s the intersting bit. They still let you browse even if you are banned. They won’t let an ad watching product go to waste.

Someone on lemmy said that media should be the 4th pillar of democracy. I agree. It should be enshrined in the constitution and be funded and run as an institution that’s independent of the government.

Basically the government should fund it, but shouldn’t be allowed to control it at all.