I'll start.

1: An old Italian veteran of the communist movement

2: Gus Hall

3: William Z. Foster.

4: J.V Stalin.

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Breaking: Man who desecrated JV Stalin grave was allegedly trying to win internet contest

  • duderium [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Friend’s parent met Fidel

    Fidel met Khrushchev

    Khrushchev met Stalin

    So, four. I think.

      • duderium [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        I think Fidel met a ton of Americans during his visit(s) to the USA.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
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          2 months ago

          That means plenty of opportunities for Americans to be close to uncle Joe

    • Alisu [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      I'm very close to this. My friend met Che's daughter, so I'm at 5, because we add one more.

  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]
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    2 months ago
    1. Without providing too much personal info, I’m connected to Golda Meir, who was Israel’s USSR ambassador in the 50s.
  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    1. Person I met at a concert

    2. Concert person's grandmother was a Chinese neuroscientist and received some kind of science prize

    3. Mao Zedong

    4. Stalin

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    1: Alex Trebek

    3: Pierre Trudeau

    4: Nikita Khrushchev

    5: Stalin

    I'm not totally sure that Tebek and Trudeau shook hands ever, but they were both active in public facing roles in Ottawa at the same time.

  • moondog [he/him]
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    2 months ago
    1. george bush
      idk how far george bush is from stalin columbo-donk
  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    2 months ago

    15+ at least due to the nature of the exercise i wouldn't rule it out entirely but i have no idea how

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 months ago

    1: Joe Biden

    2: Jimmy Carter

    3: Brezhnev

    4: Khrushchev

    5: Stalin

    I’m like 95% sure there’s a shorter path in there I just don’t know who those people actually met

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
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      2 months ago

      I want to say there may be a shorter connection via Biden and his handshake with Anwar El-Sadat of Egypt to some Soviet official to Stalin, but I'm not sure either

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Looks like Brezhnev met with Stalin in 1952, so you can skip over Khrushchev

    • ped_xing [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Piggybacking on your Carter link but through Robin Williams or Al Franken.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      If you met Biden, it's basically:

      1. Biden

      2. Some career politician who was around during FDR/Eisenhower's administration. Biden is a shameless sycophantic career politician, so there's a 100% he would've sucked up to some ancient politician who personally worked with FDR or Eisenhower.

      3. FDR/Eisenhower

      4. Stalin

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      It's possible that she never directly met with Stalin, but she definately interacted directly with Molotov.