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[–]JapsDoEverythingRiteBlack Nationalist 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You tell me. Why was Stalin able to purge his own government but still stayed in power? I'd bet it was because he had enough power and support to get away with it.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

His support was based on brainwashing his population and using fear tactics so anyone who criticized Stalin was sentenced to Gulag.

So in a way, it was completely artificial or forced why people loved him.

[–]JapsDoEverythingRiteBlack Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Brainwashed or no, people still had to believe in Stalin to enforce his decrees and maintain his gulags.