Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and many more…
These people had beliefs and worldviews that were so horribly, by today’s standards, that calling them fascist would be huge understatement. And they followed through by committing a lot of evil.
Aren’t we basically glorifying the Hitlers of centuries past?
I know, historians always say that one should not judge historical figures by contemporary moral standards. But there’s a difference between objectively studying history and actually glorifying these figures.
What bullcrap! Slavery exists today. It’s still repugnant even though it “makes sense” to those that benefit from it.
The Mongols rampaging across Asia and offering the false choice of slavery or anhilation to all the people they encountered was evil then and it’s evil today. Distancing yourself from it doesn’t change the evaluation.
Blame the translation. By “slavery” Stalin meant “slave society” instead of “forced labor”. These two are very different things. Today’s forced labor is yet another effect of capitalist contradictions