like I know a lot/all of it is bs (I've learned the murder of all the funeralgoers visiting Moscow is entirely fabricated) but I thought the movie was pretty funny. does this make me a bad leftist

  • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I mean, the message is much more "Beria bad" than "USSR bad." And Beria was in fact very bad

    • Jorick [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think he was nicknamed the Soviet Himmler, and if it proves one thing, it is that communist parties must be vigilant against this type of rats. Truly a monster who'd have deserved worse.

      • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Wikipedia says that Stalin once introduced him as "our Himmler."