• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    100% yes. Stalin was absolutely a conservative. He even targeted and murdered progressives. You will find that neither communism nor socialism require progressives to be in charge in order to exist.

    Modern China is another great example of conservative-led communism.

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      3 hours ago

      But does “conservative” to you just mean violent, repressive, and pro-authoritarian?

      I’m against all those things, and I think Stalin and Hitler have a lot in common despite Stalin being “left” and “Hitler” being right, but I dont see how it serves you to call everyone who acts violently and unjustifiably towards their people a conservative.

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        3 hours ago

        Stalin was socially conservative, the opposite of socially progressive. That is how I am using the term. The same way that Russian and Chinese governments are led by conservatives and not progressives.