The Lenin-Stalin Lie

[Rob82]

It always annoyed me how somewhere along the way, a myth was born about a supposed negative symbiosis between Lenin and Stalin. Not so. Here is basically the myth:

1. That Lenin was not really a bad guy, who had a different and more humane vision than Stalin.
2. Opposed Stalin's ruthless methods.
3. Opposed Stalin as being his possible successor.
4. Lenin didn't like Stalin.

All False. I don't have the facts right in front of me, but I read a book years ago that disproved all this nonesense. I'm sure there are other books as well on the subject that do the same.

The Facts Are: Lenin actually liked Stalin, didn't oppose him to becoming his successor, was just as ruthless as Stalin and was actually Stalin's mentor in ruthlessness. Stalin LEARNED from Lenin on brutality, like making death lists and among countless other things. Lenin was an evil brutal Bolshevik bastard who Stalin simply learned and expanded on his ways.

This myth-lie probably happened during the de-Stalinization process under Nikita Khrushchev, which made sense. But, unfortunately it grew as facts among many throughout the years. Both were cut from the came cloth. Stalin was just more successful and had more years.

23 R!