Quote from jficquette:
Your ignorant about Stalin. He didn't care about Russia. He was not even Russian. It was a cult of personality. Nothing mattered but Stalin's absolute control.
He did make Russia the most powerful it's ever been in its history, let's not dispute that.
And he did raise a glass of wine in toast to Russians and their bravery.
That is not the point.
The point is the PRICE at which he achieved Russia's (and his own) power.
It's funny to see lefties here claiming that millions of innocent lives lost don't matter as much just because they were't a target of racial prejudice.
And Hitler would never have been in power had it not been for the Communist activities in Europe and the revolution in Russia.
In order to rise to power, preaching about Versailles and inciting German nationalism won't get you anywhere. You need finances. And Hitler's financiers couldn't give a flying fuck about Versailles and German nationalism, all they cared about was someone to keep the commies away.