Stalin's victory depended on loyalty performances, talent selection, silence, underestimated retreat, and encouraging rivals' self-destruction rather than on superior theory or speeches.
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Stalin's victory depended on loyalty performances, talent selection, silence, underestimated retreat, and encouraging rivals' self-destruction rather than on superior theory or speeches.
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"So there are five reasons. Okay? The first reason is, from an early age, he wanted to trust powerful patrons, criminal mafia bosses, secret..."
"And that was his secret weapon. Also, no one took him seriously, right? At this point in history, everyone thought Stalin was an intellectual..."
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