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Originally posted by bilmore
Disagree. I think he was a True Believer, and the two theses you list are compatible, if you substitute "less value than the preservation of, and service to, humanity" for "no value."
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Perhaps so -- no way to know.
I've always thought of Stalin as an opportunist as opposed to being particularly principled.
I suppose they are compatible as amended.
S_A_M
