He went crazy after, not before.So Stalin wasn't as nuts as he was in OTL, but still got into power in the way he did.
Essentially correct.IIRC and correct me if I'm wrong, but there's actually an argument to be made that the Stalin purges DID prevent some kind of Planned/Possible Revolt?
In someways that's possible to apply to any dictator. Like any risks to your power need to go or you're dead.Stalin's actions make perfect sense given his worldview. There's no need to attribute paranoia to him.
In someways that's possible to apply to any dictator. Like any risks to your power need to go or you're dead.
How WW2 go if Stalin, did not push for rapid industrialization and the expansion of the Red Army size and capabilities at all costs?
Someone is paranoid if they are not out to get you.
Could have been worse. Could have been Trotsky. Entire planet would have rose up to crush Russia if that perpetual revolutionary fucker had come to power.IIRC and correct me if I'm wrong, but there's actually an argument to be made that the Stalin purges DID prevent some kind of Planned/Possible Revolt? Or no. I'm not to sure on where I heard this.
He wasn't paranoid. They really were out to get his lucky charms.
Could have been worse. Could have been Trotsky. Entire planet would have rose up to crush Russia if that perpetual revolutionary fucker had come to power.