Beria was in all likelihood a Harvey Weinstein rather than a John Wayne Gacy. Even if he were a Gacy, though, his behavior in political matters shows him to be better than the alternatives.
It is possible to discuss "what ifs" in a meaningful way because we do know certain alternatives would have made history develop in radically different ways, and there were points in time when the course of history was not following a "likely/not likely" pattern, but something approaching 1:1 odds.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The Death of Stalin (1917)
- 15/04/2020 04:23:47 AM
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(1917) ?
- 15/04/2020 07:02:10 PM
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I think it had a very limited release and has only now come out on Netflix.
- 16/04/2020 06:23:45 PM
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Khrushchev was the worst. Beria was actually the best. And yes, 1917?
- 15/04/2020 07:52:57 PM
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So Nation-State murder is bad
- 16/04/2020 03:31:18 AM
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I don't think anyone doubts Beria was a sexual predator
- 18/04/2020 07:30:32 PM
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So let me explain my thought process.
- 19/04/2020 07:43:28 PM
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We don't know for certain what he did
- 20/04/2020 09:44:26 PM
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Re: Khrushchev was the worst. Beria was actually the best. And yes, 1917?
- 16/04/2020 06:21:14 PM
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I put up with 20 minutes before turning the movie off
- 18/04/2020 07:25:22 PM
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Well, I guess that's just the realism vs targeting the audience issue
- 19/04/2020 04:01:01 AM
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For what it's worth, not every authoritarian country has remained like China
- 20/04/2020 09:40:55 PM
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