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As a former KGB officer wouldn't he be the most likely to want a return to the old ways?



What does the KGB have to do with communism? A lot of countries have had draconian secret police and spy agencies, regardless of whether those countries were communist or not.

For example, the Gestapo in Nazi-era Germany.


It has nothing to do with communism and I didn't say that it does.

I was referring to the single party authoritarian government of the USSR


Sure, but the person I responded to asserted it had to do with communism, so that’s the context I was replying to.


Then I apologize for jumping in the conversation. Either way Putin is evil and Republicans are all traitors for supporting him


This is such an absurd stretch that I don’t think anyone can actually believe it, even if they wanted to.


Can you elaborate?




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