Sure, here's some stuff. But truthfully most valid criticisms of Stalin come from the non-ML left, because most MLs do uphold Stalin. And most of the ones who don't simply just have WW2 brainworms they can't let go of.
Most of the areas I think Stalin failed is on social issues. I don't think many chapos are ready to accept the fact that Uncle Joe would hate all of us and think we were all counter-revolutionary degenerates. Dude was very uh... socially conservative.
edit: one thing to keep in mind is that lenin and stalin realized the dream of revolution. they laid he foundations for a global super power in the name of communism. the only reason anyone even has anything to criticize at all is because of them, and in that sense you have to give him a lot of credit. Not that "is X historical figure good or bad?" isn't a completely trivial question in the first place. unfortunately its one that we commies have to address a lot.
I'm being facetious, but what I meant was just the actual Juche philosophy. What Kim Il Sung contributed to Marxism.
On the Juche Idea
I agree though, I think I became a lot smarter when I accepted that Stalin wasn't actually that great.
edit: wrong link
(I'll never stop loving you papa joe)
could you link to some criticism of stalin from an ml standpoint? i really wanna get into why the eastern bloc split up so damn quickly.
Sure, here's some stuff. But truthfully most valid criticisms of Stalin come from the non-ML left, because most MLs do uphold Stalin. And most of the ones who don't simply just have WW2 brainworms they can't let go of.
Most of the areas I think Stalin failed is on social issues. I don't think many chapos are ready to accept the fact that Uncle Joe would hate all of us and think we were all counter-revolutionary degenerates. Dude was very uh... socially conservative.
Primary Sources:
Mao's Critique of Stalin's Economic Plan
Trotsky's The Revolution Betrayed
Critiques of Stalinsim (I haven't read much of this, ngl, most of it looks like whiney pissbaby trots)
Secondary Source of Stalin being gross:
Stalin's cringe as fuck homophobia
Stalin rolling back Lenin's advancement of civil rights for gays and women
Stalin's affair with a 13 year old when he was 22
2 videos by Hakim, the Marxiest motherfucker alive:
Failures of Former Socialisms (talks about more than Stalin's USSR)
Why the USSR Fell
edit: one thing to keep in mind is that lenin and stalin realized the dream of revolution. they laid he foundations for a global super power in the name of communism. the only reason anyone even has anything to criticize at all is because of them, and in that sense you have to give him a lot of credit. Not that "is X historical figure good or bad?" isn't a completely trivial question in the first place. unfortunately its one that we commies have to address a lot.