I hate how libs ALWAYS try to compare real politics to popular media.
Maybe it says something about their ability to comprehend complex situations without needing to compare it to something made to be easily understandable. Or maybe it’s a testament to their belief that there are somehow objective good and evil sides in the world, or think real politics should play out like a movie.
And, like, the ironic thing is that Stalin did not live in luxury as leader of the USSR. I mean, he lived well, but he certainly wasn’t swimming in gold or kicking back in a giant mansion like the West assumes (and Western leaders usually are)
There are actually pictures of Stalin’s home and office, it wasn’t all that different from the average in the USSR at the time.