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By Potemkin
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Lenin was the Weimar Republic of Bolshevism.

That's not what people said at the time. And Lenin himself would have been outraged at the suggestion; he detested the Weimar Republic.
By Luxemburgs_Pastry_Chef
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Stalin only fell out of Lenin's favour as Stalin had been rude to his wife on a few occasions, leading to Lenin being bitter and pissed off at the man who he saw as an uncouth braggart. This is the only reason why Lenin and Stalin didn't talk for Lenin's last few months. Pardon to resurrect, I was not here when this was discussed.
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By Dave
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Potemkin wrote:What makes you think there wasn't an electoral process in the Soviet Union?

Better question: what makes you think an electoral process is a good gauge of the people's opinion?
By Harry Mason
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The electoral process for the Soviet Union was only that of the party. Party members voted in the Party Congress, which elected the Central Committee, which later elected the Politburo, the highest decision making body. In the Politburo, all our dear communists were there: Stalin, Trotsky, Lenin, Bukharin and others.
But then, only party members voted in the institutions that in actuality controlled the country. Quite a comfortable pre-selected body of voters for the Communist elite to look down to.
The person responsible for controlling and scrutinizing party membership admission, was no one else but Joseph Stalin.
For every institution that was elected in the Soviet Union, only the Communist party or its sub-branches were allowed to nominate candidates.
Only a logical conclusion after all other political parties were banned. In addition, Lenin had banned factions within the party itself, declaring that once taken, his decisions were binding to all Communists.

So much for democracy. :roll:


Lenin never specified who he wanted to succeed him. It is only a matter of speculation. He attacked and praised all party members, but he was very critical of Stalin, and he clearly stated that he wanted him out of the post of General Secretary, a post which later allowed him to gain power.


Sorry for raising up this discussion again, but I wanted to write my bit on the subject.
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By albionfagan
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It doesn't really matter what Lenin wanted, the fact of the matter is that Stalin took power of the Bolshevik party perfectly legitimately.
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