Your post immediately made me think of Stalin's 5 year plans. A few paragraphs from this site:
"As historian Stephen Kotkin notes, "The Soviet Union was like a submarine. The plan was to go full speed ahead, no matter what the obstacles… even if the ship took on water."[^1]"
"The plan also coincided with the rise of Stalin‘s cult of person…
Your post immediately made me think of Stalin's 5 year plans. A few paragraphs from this site:
"As historian Stephen Kotkin notes, "The Soviet Union was like a submarine. The plan was to go full speed ahead, no matter what the obstacles… even if the ship took on water."[^1]"
"The plan also coincided with the rise of Stalin‘s cult of personality, as he was increasingly portrayed as the wise, all-knowing leader guiding the country towards socialism. Historian Isaac Deutscher describes how "the Stalin cult was built up to monstrous proportions" during this period, with "his portraits and statues everywhere, his name constantly invoked and praised."[^7]"
"As historians continue to grapple with this complex legacy, the first Five Year Plan serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked state power and the subordination of human rights to abstract economic and political goals. It is a story of grand ambitions and even grander tragedies, one that still holds crucial lessons for our understanding of the Soviet experience and the broader history of the twentieth century."
the monster evil stalin amounts to the same evil of hitler 'cause stalin's-his derivatives' evil has lasted longer and is the source point of all post-WW2, I repeat, of all post-WW2 scourges throughout the world.
Your post immediately made me think of Stalin's 5 year plans. A few paragraphs from this site:
"As historian Stephen Kotkin notes, "The Soviet Union was like a submarine. The plan was to go full speed ahead, no matter what the obstacles… even if the ship took on water."[^1]"
"The plan also coincided with the rise of Stalin‘s cult of personality, as he was increasingly portrayed as the wise, all-knowing leader guiding the country towards socialism. Historian Isaac Deutscher describes how "the Stalin cult was built up to monstrous proportions" during this period, with "his portraits and statues everywhere, his name constantly invoked and praised."[^7]"
"As historians continue to grapple with this complex legacy, the first Five Year Plan serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked state power and the subordination of human rights to abstract economic and political goals. It is a story of grand ambitions and even grander tragedies, one that still holds crucial lessons for our understanding of the Soviet experience and the broader history of the twentieth century."
https://www.historytools.org/stories/stalins-first-five-year-plan-a-leap-forward-or-a-leap-into-tragedy
the monster evil stalin amounts to the same evil of hitler 'cause stalin's-his derivatives' evil has lasted longer and is the source point of all post-WW2, I repeat, of all post-WW2 scourges throughout the world.