He expelled his enemies from the Party, expelled Trotsky and even had him assassinated... showing the entire world what a hypocrite he was! I bet he spent nights crying about people calling him a hypocrite.
There is no hypocrisy, there is only power. No one has any principles, only a will to power. The principles that men espouse are just ways of gaining power. If a politician told you: "we all need to get together to help me gain more power and wealth", he would be laughed at. So instead, he spouts banal platitudes instead.
Stalin was very stupid.
He expelled his enemies from the Party, expelled Trotsky and even had him assassinated... showing the entire world what a hypocrite he was! I bet he spent nights crying about people calling him a hypocrite.
There is no hypocrisy, there is only power. No one has any principles, only a will to power. The principles that men espouse are just ways of gaining power. If a politician told you: "we all need to get together to help me gain more power and wealth", he would be laughed at. So instead, he spouts banal platitudes instead.
One way you could define "absolute power" is being able to not give a single shit about being called a hypocrite.