Yeah, they added in the purge mechanics to push the idea that Stalin is paranoid, but the game punishes you with counter-revolution if you don't do the purges which ironically justifies them.
I was about to point this out: the anti-communist game also accepts the premise that the purges were necessary to keep russia stable before wrecking the soviet union
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Yeah, they added in the purge mechanics to push the idea that Stalin is paranoid, but the game punishes you with counter-revolution if you don't do the purges which ironically justifies them.
I was about to point this out: the anti-communist game also accepts the premise that the purges were necessary to keep russia stable before wrecking the soviet union