My dad called me one last week. I told him I’m not even a communist, just a moderate social democrat who likes Soviet symbols for the shock value. (Not true, I’m a Marxist-Leninist, but gotta keep the peace with family, IYKYK.) But now I’m wondering, is “Stalinism” even a thing? Are any of you bears “Stalinists”?
Yes, that is what Stalinism is (see for example KPRF, CPUSA, all of the Comintern immediately after WW2…)
So by calling me a Stalinist, he’s calling me exactly what I told him I am. Lol, that’s good.