I know this is a bit wierd, especially coming from a 13-year-old girl, but here's the question; do you support Stalin?
I do. Before u consider me some cruel and dumb kid who knows nothing about the topic - let me explain.
It amazes me how one man can rise to such power. I dont support him physically killing people, but he had a point to, didnt he? He needed to show people that he's the boss. What proves that? What makes people obey? Fear. And what do people fear?Death.
Let's start from where he started - he was a no one. He was not rich or particularily educated or anything - just an ordinary Georgian guy.
Then he became a dictator. Such a powerful guy! Isn't he inspiring?
ALSO - people tend to hate Stalin because he killed people they actually remember. Like if someone killed my grandma (not a sick joke, she's dead anyway), of course I'd hate them! But say, in a hundred years - would people still remember?
I think Stalin's the next Julius Caesar. Couldn't you compare them?
2006-10-28 00:59:06 · 13 answers · asked by keti2609 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Stalin and the Soviets DEFEATED Hitler....not the Americans as the media in the US would like us to believe. However, in place of Hitler, the Soviet Empire under Stalin was brutally oppressive and was responsible for the deaths of millions. If only Trotsky had followed Lenin....
Stalin is a good example of how communism can be bad. After he died, Kruschev renounced much of what Stalin did.
But, he did win the European war. (To anyone who opposes this I feel sorry for you. The Russians were the first to Berlin. Hitler thought he could have dealt with the Americans, but killed himself because the Russians got to him first. The US did save England's *** from the blitz...and liberate France.)
2006-10-28 01:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by Happier in China 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Stalin killed 35 million people and sent loads more to Gulag. I agree, that is an act of power. I'm nearly 13. All I want to say is that, well, he really had no reason. I have had relatives killed in Gulag, so maybe I'm biased, but what he did was WRONG. He was powerful and you make a valid point, but he was still WRONG. You believe what you want, just don't expect other people to agree.
2006-10-28 03:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ivy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh my god. You are a sick little girl. How could you possibly support someone that killed, maimed, tortured and eradicated anyone that dared to oppose him?
Stalin killed more than 20 times as many people with his hate, greed and lies as Hitler did... and they were HIS OWN PEOPLE. People that disliked his opinion found a bullet through their skull in the middle of the night or 'accidently' fell from buildings. He murdered 20 million Russians through starvation and fear, and you think he's inspiring?
Hitler was a no one too who, through fear and propaganda, rose to dictatorship, I suppose you think he is amazing too? Where do you learn this stuff, little girl? Where in your warped brain do you come up with this?
You need a history lesson, missy, and a serious wake up call. Your opinions make me sick to my stomach. You have no IDEA what the world is like. You're a child. A child with warped, horrible opinions.
Go away now. Crawl back under your rock.
2006-10-28 01:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Adopting the stance that the method justifies the results when one factors in Stalin's hold on power from 1928 until his death in 1953 yes he was 'great.' Stalin was a gifted politician who retained the love of the people even when he was murdering millions of them. Arguably brutality was the only thing that would work in holding together Russia. One flaw in your thesis; Stalin did not 'become' a dictator, the job was not handed to him, he adroitly seized power, building up a complex web of alliances while keeping his enemies off balance. He was quite brilliant, shrewed, practical, and often simply lucky.
Peace..
2006-10-28 01:12:57 · answer #4 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stalin was a paranoid murderer. He rose to power through murder, and he kept himself in power through murder. He was forever imagining someone was plotting against him, and, whether it was true or not, would take steps to have "plotters" murdered. There is no ways anyone can compare Stalin with Julius Caesar.
2006-10-28 01:05:51 · answer #5 · answered by Scabius Fretful 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stalin attempted to install a failed system, as all know now.
He was a mass murderer on a scale never seen before.
You need to put things in a proper perspective, I think.
Be good be nice
2006-10-28 01:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Saddam Hussein admired Stalin. On occasion he actually wore a "Stalin hat". That should tell you something.
2006-10-28 01:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Killing innocent people is never justified. Ever.
So, no - I do not consider Stalin to be a good guy.
2006-10-28 01:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The world is a funny place! you kill someone you are a murderer, you kill millions you are a conqueror. I would rate Stalin as bad.
2006-10-28 01:11:36 · answer #9 · answered by rooilugo 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
stalin had good idea's (5 year plans,modernization etc.) he just went about it the wrong way(killing millions of his own people and starving them)
2006-10-28 01:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by scuba_steve 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋