Stalin's criminal financing of the Bolsheviks is treated as more intelligible if he was operating on behalf of the secret police than if he was merely a self-sacrificing Marxist.
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Stalin's criminal financing of the Bolsheviks is treated as more intelligible if he was operating on behalf of the secret police than if he was merely a self-sacrificing Marxist.
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"He has credentials now. All right? You can only be a revolutionary if you've been sent to Siberia by the secret police. All right?..."
"Right? Because, why would you do this? If you're stealing money, why not keep it for yourself and spread it to your friends and..."
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