I'm talking about what happened in the 1980s, half a century after Stalin's horror.
If you believe your interpretation of Uncle Joe's ancient history, you are deliberately misleading yourself about the factually bloodless collapse of the Soviet Union.
But then... you need to protect your all-justifying belief in the satanic evil of The Deep State.
QAnon, The Trumpista "Deep State" Conspiracy Movement Glorifying America's Cultural Collapse
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/learn-all-about-qanon-right-wing.html