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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2144140" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Of course, you have conveniently forgotten that Stalin did not rule by the consent of the governed but rather by dictatorship.  He didn't even attain office via internally (i.e within the USSR) legal means - rather he attained power by force and then show/sham legal procedures followed as window dressing.  So, while anyone and everyone can make the same argument it remains with the listener to discern who has credibility and who does not.</p></blockquote><p></p>