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Did the CIA Conclude That Stalin WASN'T a Dictator?
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Honestly, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things because Lenin wasn't King of the Bolsheviks. He might have wanted Trotsky, but the Party wanted Stalin. And no single person, even someone as brilliant as Lenin, trumps the will of the Party. This is democratic centralism.