• king_comrade@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Admittedly a lot of my surface knowledge of the character comes from Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast and he paints a more nuanced picture of Lenin than just ‘gross war criminal’. I think focusing on just his failures and crimes does a disservice to history tbh, I don’t hate your meme I just think Stalin fits better.

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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      6 days ago

      Lenin’s crimes are often ignored or justified by apologists, which is exactly why the meme is important.