Fair, but it takes much more than the average home selfhoster’s level of competence.

The military command was fairly solid, although Stalin indeed played an important role there.

It’s hard to assess properly, not in least part because Stalin was in office for almost 20 years when Hitler invaded USSR and plenty could go differently in that timeframe, but I believe USSR would win regardless, first because of other important people in the chain of command, second because allies lended significant help pressuring the Reich on other fronts (and also conducting joint operations with USSR) and third because plenty of people did understand the risks.

Either way, it would be very devastating, even if someone else properly reinforced the Soviet troops ahead of time. Stalin did what he could, given the circumstances.

To be fair, self-hosting is more difficult and less secure.

The thing is though, many like to put in an effort and no one cares to hack your server, unlike something like Google.

Lenin would like for Soviets to be Soviets, worker’s councils to have local power and for the party to make collective decisions that would genuinely benefit the country and the Communist International.

I’m more of a “history doesn’t tolerate subjunctive mood” person.

Each of the top candidates had issues, and I’m not too deep into the history of every single Committee member to suggest entirely different options.

Still, if you want my opinion, I think history proves Lenin’s aversion to “administrative” leaders is a bit overstated. Pyatakov, for example, could likely reform Soviet economy in a more planned, predictable and efficient manner without much of the issues (and horrors) associated with Stalin’s rule. However, if he would extend his rule as far as Stalin did, this would certainly cause major issues, too.

What I fully agree on with Lenin is that power shouldn’t have concentrated in the hands of a single leader in the first place, no matter who said leader would be. Back then, however, workers were not as experienced in the destructive ways of authoritarian power, which has lead us where we are.

No; in fact, Lenin himself was very critical of Stalin, even though he appreciated Stalin’s revolutionary efforts and his role in Soviet politics.

Most prominently, it was mentioned in the Lenin’s Testament, particularly the postscript, but it is also present through other pieces of evidence.

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/ni/vol02/no01/lenin.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin’s_Testament

Besides, every Soviet leader brought ideological changes, so it’s natural that you might follow through with one but not the other.

Yep, this sort of interpretation didn’t even cross my mind. Though whatever strikes their fancy, lol

Sad to know!

Solution: join the fun

I’ve seen a lot of stable couples making their content together lately

Feel you - hope you’ll have safer ways to bike in the future! Maybe there are some kind of bike advocacy groups in your area?

Yeah, North America and US specifically is one of these hard to reach places

Also, 12 minutes drive is a biking distance - if you have any semblance of bike infrastructure, that is. Surprisingly though, even American cities have that sometimes.

People commonly have a choice not to drive a car in the first place.

Though cultural pressures, as well as some specific areas being genuinely hard to reach, pushes many people towards it anyway. But if you have a choice, choose public.

Having both options available would be pretty nice

Context: the foot of Mt. Everest is in itself higher than most mountains. And then on top of all that there is an actual mountain peak you can see on the pictures.

As a Russian communist with relatives in Ukraine, count me in!

(Historical context for others: 1917 has seen two revolutions, February one, which ended monarchy, and October one, which brought bolsheviks, the communists and socialists siding with Lenin, to power. Lenin has then taken Russia out of the World War I)

Maybe we should cripple ourselves

Naaaaah

Maybe we can become rich and dominate others

That’s what’s actually on their mind.

The entire right-wing propaganda goes as: “if you work hard and make smart choices, you’ll become rich too and will be able to exploit others for your benefit”. The rest are seen as passive doomer mob that just aren’t dedicated enough, and so end up subjugated by the alphas who pushed hard to pursue their dream (to dominate others and live a rich life on their backs).

This kind of propaganda works beautifully well on young folks who didn’t yet get to experience just how hard and unlikely it is to build a successful business or high-payed career, especially without compromising on one’s principles.

Afaik, you can set it up not to have any image, or have any other one.