Numerous Russians I’ve spoken to have a blindness reconciling their views on Stalin with their views on Putin (the same attributes that made Stalin bad make Putin good).
...what? I’m Russian, not much a fan of Putin, but this statement seems insane to me. Here’s whatmadeStalinbad. Putin doesn’t even begin to compare.
I didn’t say Putin possesses the same attributes to the same degree. But the same adjectives come up. I guess it’s not a very good example, since having X of property Y can be good, while having 2X of property Y is bad.
...what? I’m Russian, not much a fan of Putin, but this statement seems insane to me. Here’s what made Stalin bad. Putin doesn’t even begin to compare.
I didn’t say Putin possesses the same attributes to the same degree. But the same adjectives come up. I guess it’s not a very good example, since having X of property Y can be good, while having 2X of property Y is bad.