I’ve legit had capitalist bootlickers say that “The CIA didn’t conclude that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, just that he didn’t have absolute power!”
These stupid ass crakkkers completely miss the point, that of course the CIA will still slander Stalin, socialism, and the USSR. They’ll never say that Stalin was a cool, misunderstood heroic guy. The point is that even in internal, secret documents for CIA personnel, the fact remains even they admit that Stalin wasn’t a dictator.
They didn’t admit that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, though. That’s what I’m getting at. The document makes no such claim and is itself just a report by an unevaluated anonymous source rather than an official statement by the organisation as a whole. In plenty of other declassified CIA documents (including official memos), it is argued in great length that Stalin was a dictator
If you want to argue that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, then be my guest, but to claim that the CIA itself acknowledged this is a falsehood
Not false, but exaggerated
I’ve legit had capitalist bootlickers say that “The CIA didn’t conclude that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, just that he didn’t have absolute power!”
These stupid ass crakkkers completely miss the point, that of course the CIA will still slander Stalin, socialism, and the USSR. They’ll never say that Stalin was a cool, misunderstood heroic guy. The point is that even in internal, secret documents for CIA personnel, the fact remains even they admit that Stalin wasn’t a dictator.
They didn’t admit that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, though. That’s what I’m getting at. The document makes no such claim and is itself just a report by an unevaluated anonymous source rather than an official statement by the organisation as a whole. In plenty of other declassified CIA documents (including official memos), it is argued in great length that Stalin was a dictator
If you want to argue that Stalin wasn’t a dictator, then be my guest, but to claim that the CIA itself acknowledged this is a falsehood