• opiumfree@lemmygrad.ml
    42·
    15 days ago

    i always appreciate marx for still being silly and whimsical despite being so deeply aware about the horrors of capitalism

  • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml
    28·
    15 days ago

    No he was not, and not for the reason you are implying.

    For a long time he walked from his flat to the Kreml to work and back. He had a bodyguard, but what could one dude do in such a situation should anything happen. The party leadership prerssured him to use a car instead. What did Koba do afterwards? Gave people rides if their destination was on the way.

    Also his bodyguard was…not exactly perfect. Dude sometimes slept on the job and once handed Stalin his service gun “for security”, before snoozing off. Stalin kept him.

    During the late 20 and early 30s, Stalin defended people from accusations of having conspired to kill him until it came out… that they indeed had planned to kill him.

    I imagine Beria and co. lost most of their hair worrying about how to keep their boss safe. Koba was running around with a moral west before Castro coined the term.

    • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
      26·
      15 days ago

      lmao imagine handing Stalin your service gun and telling him “hey can you cover for me pls i want to take a nap thanks comrade”

  • Orcinus@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    16·
    15 days ago

    I’ve been targeted by the Soyjak Party before, they attempted to dox me and get me killed. It was then I thought; imagine a whole nearby country ruled by such people, actually organized and targeting you? And far, far worse; the most powerful country in the world who helped fund the Nazis hostile to you as well? Compared to him, my fear was nothing.

          • Orcinus@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
            11·
            15 days ago

            Thanks, but they operate anonymously and I’m not certain authorities would care. They target “undesirables”. Out and proud disabled or queer people. People too “weird” for society to care about, safe targets. All while chanting “total n***** death”, “total removed death”, things like that.

              • Orcinus@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
                8·
                15 days ago

                Thanks. They got the wrong person, though. I’m not sure if anything has happened to him. I haven’t found any news. I was told not to announce it, that any blood was on their hands.

              • Orcinus@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
                2·
                12 days ago

                Absolute pawns, too. They may be a threat to individuals like myself but they’re nothing next to the power wielded by imperialist rulers and billionaires. The incident helped put it in perspective for me; it’s very little wonder Stalin was as hypervigilant as he was.

                EDIT: Just today, someone told me Total K*ke Death. I’m not even Jewish.