[ExI] why not stalin?

[ddraig@pobox.com]

On Monday, 19 October 2026, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> We have seen the current POTUS compared to King George III, to Hitler, to
> Mussolini, but never Stalin.  Why not Stalin?
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because Stalin came to power via the Communist Party, Trump came to power
via personal popularity.  I think the description of the Trump presidency
as Bonapartist are probably the descriptions that most fit the current
situation.


Dwayne


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