this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: From each according to his ability, to each according to his work." - Josef Stalin
But also
"I am the best at industrial policy, Tariff the Ukrainians to Make the Russian Empire Great Again" - Josef Stalin, probably
Also Stalin wanted to pretend he was as good friends with Lenin as Trotsky was, OP's painting is a massive manifestation of Stalin's historical revisionism. Quite ironic to make this text+image with such an obvious example of historical revisionism.
Literally pretty much everything Lenin wrote about Trotsky was him calling Trotsky an idiot who has no clue what he's talking about half the time and was generally a nuisance to their party work and organizing. In what world was Lenin better friend, or friend at all, with Trotsky than Stalin?