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Did the CIA Conclude That Stalin WASN'T a Dictator?
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This video isn't saying that. The video is saying that this CIA document isn't evidence that "there is no such thing as one person controlling a government unilaterally" and that it is even an authoritative opinion from the CIA as an organization. Presenting it as such is easily disproven, and there is far more documentation of a higher level of authority within the CIA at the time, exposing that the CIA did in fact believe Stalin was a dictator.
It doesn't take a position on the nature of Stalin's level of power relative to the collective management of the Soviet Union. It is only pointing out how weak this document is as evidence of the claim that "even the CIA didn't believe Stalin was a dictator." Then effectively calls on the viewer to act and discard this document as a vehicle for agitprop and find new material.
Fair enough