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Initech

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4. I was thinking more Stalin.
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 03:19 PM
Aug 2016
A cult of personality developed in the Soviet Union around both Stalin and Lenin. Many personality cults in history have been frequently measured and compared to his. Numerous towns, villages and cities were renamed after the Soviet leader (see List of places named after Stalin) and the Stalin Prize and Stalin Peace Prize were named in his honor. He accepted grandiloquent titles (e.g., "Coryphaeus of Science," "Father of Nations," "Brilliant Genius of Humanity," "Great Architect of Communism," "Gardener of Human Happiness," and others), and helped rewrite Soviet history to provide himself a more significant role in the revolution of 1917. At the same time, according to Nikita Khrushchev, he insisted that he be remembered for "the extraordinary modesty characteristic of truly great people."[35] Although statues of Stalin depict him at a height and build approximating the very tall Tsar Alexander III, sources suggest he was approximately 5 ft 4 in (163 cm).[36]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

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Stop comparing Trump to Hilter! [View all] blogslut Aug 2016 OP
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I did Nazi that one coming pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #2
trump campaign be stalin in its pecker tracks Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #6
Or Dennis the Menace. eom Blanks Aug 2016 #3
I was thinking more Stalin. Initech Aug 2016 #4
You give Cheeto Jesus too much credit. blogslut Aug 2016 #7
I haven't seen anyone make direct comparisons Warpy Aug 2016 #5
As someone pointed out..... Jade Fox Aug 2016 #8
Honestly, comparing Trump to Hitler. bananakabob Aug 2016 #9
Hilter? femmocrat Aug 2016 #10
Haha! A typo! It stays! blogslut Aug 2016 #12
One thing they have in common loyalsister Aug 2016 #11
He's no Hitler TlalocW Aug 2016 #13
That was my thought as well! Maeve Aug 2016 #14
Agreed mjjoe Aug 2016 #15
Mussolini. I'll Douche has the bombastic mannerisms and speech patterns down pat. nt tblue37 Aug 2016 #16
Another thing they have in common louis c Aug 2016 #17
He's not like Hitler Zorro Aug 2016 #18
Burn! Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2016 #19
Hitler also had a solid economic plan. baldguy Aug 2016 #20
We are the party of equality. Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2016 #21
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