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Originally Posted by ChalkLine
Finally, democracy is usually an important part of socialism or communism (I bet you didn't know that), and the Stalinist/Totalitarian system implied by the T2K (admittedly simplistic) canon is going to be hated by all the US socialists and communists.
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As another Historian, I think I understand what you are heading at. However, I'm not sure that the communism you are talking about ever existed in Russia. Except may be during the true Russian revolution of 1917, the one in the Spring, not the one in october, the one that put the Menchevik in power. What followed was only a successful coup initiated by the Bolchevik led by Lenin. It also represented the death of both communism and democracy in Russia. I'll also add one thing: Stalinism was the rightful heir of Leninism in its totalitarian understanding of the society.
Of course again this is an opinion only.
By the way, kato can you move this to the political thread where it will be more in its right place? Another opinion.
