What if you literally didn't take the US general election seriously and instead read Domenico Losurdo's few precious translated works and used that to transform everything? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

I started his Stalin book hoping it would be a biography, but it felt like more of a historiography. It was talking about Trosky's criticism of Stalin and Kruschev's de-Stalinization and I wasn't really into it. Not that it seemed like bad history but it wasn't interesting or compelling from what I read.

[-] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

It’s not a biography in any shape or form, that wasn’t Losurdos goal. He specifically criticises how Stalin is portrayed in media and history.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

yeah I mean its in the sub-title. History and Critique of a Black Legend

[-] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

It was talking about Trosky's criticism of Stalin and Kruschev's de-Stalinization and I wasn't really into it

I'm not sure I understand why you'd be interested in a book about Stalin but not those things. They are essential for understanding why the picture of Stalin among the western left is so skewed today.