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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as you're not literally the worst you kind of get a pass in human culture.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's hyperbole. Stalin got a pass back then strictly out of necessity in the ongoing war against the Axis powers. However that didn't mean people thought he was a good guy then, and neither does anyone but tankies nowadays either.