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And this is why history keeps repeating itself, everyone thinks it's different this time.

Stalin-ism should not be a case study so you can do it right the next time, it should be a warning that you can't, even with the best of intentions.

I think one large part of history that you are forgetting is Stalin isn't the only one that fought Nazis, it was a great American endeavor as well.

I hope we can take some lesson from Neville Chamberlain; that some ideologies are not worth arguing or negotiating over.

There's a difference between refusing to engage and actively trying to suppress.

Yes, Neville Chamberlain did the first, Churchill and FDR did the second.

> it was a great American endeavor as well.

And British, Canadian and many other countries besides.