[ExI] why not stalin?

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, 19 October, 2026 4:49 AM
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Cc: spike at rainier66.com
Subject: Re: [ExI] why not stalin?

 

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> We have seen the current POTUS compared to King George III, to Hitler, to Mussolini, but never Stalin.  Why not Stalin?

 

>…Because Stalin had a very different personality than the current POTUS. Stalin could be incredibly cruel and he murdered millions….

 

Sure but so did Hitler.

 

>…However the biggest difference between Stalin and Donald was that Stalin was cunning and very very smart, but Donald is as dumb (notice the "b") as a sack of bricks. The best historical analog to Donald Trump would be Benito Mussolini, he too was a pompous incompetent nincompoop. 

 

John K Clark

 

So… why did he win two of the last three elections?  I am offering you a perfectly good way out John: his opposition party was fighting itself and still is.  The guy who won in those two cycles was seen as a better socialism-fighter.  Now was that so difficult?

 

spikle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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