Given that this community has generally positive view of Stalin, I’m curious what he did that my comrades find irredeemable or out of line. Since it’s easy to criticize the Soviet Union from a western perspective, bonus points if you explain how this was detrimental to the development of socialism and/or communism.
Stalin’s view is generally positive because in the end all he did gave results and he treated himself no less harsh than he treated others. Of course, there is a lot he can be criticized for, but guess what, there is also Thomas Sankara who I believe cannot really be criticized and look where it got him.