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    1 month ago

    Why are Marxist-Leninists the same as Stalinists? I don’t think Lenin would have been too excited about Stalinism

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      Marxism–Leninism was developed from Bolshevism by Joseph Stalin in the 1920s based on his understanding and synthesis of classical Marxism and Leninism.

      -Wikipedia. The term Marxist-Leninism was coined by Stalin to give legitimacy to his ideas.