jamyskis: Indeed. Sat proudly on the shelf, dated 1933.

Telika: True in the sense that Trotsky was an ideologue as opposed to a purely self-serving egomaniac gangster à la Stalin (or Trump for that matter). However, he had no qualms sacrificing masses of humans in the name of his ideology's "greater good", so it's hard to speculate on what he would have ended up doing in a position of power. Self-serving maniacs are not always more devastating than well-meaning fanatics. Especially when realities require some shoehorning to fit the Grand Plan's fundamental assumptions.

Given his actions and his cynicism, I suspect that, no matter their differences of motives, Trotsky's hands being less bloody than Stalin's is mostly a matter of circumstances.

jamyskis: Going OT for a moment, your avatar and text is absolutely mesmerising.

mistermumbles: *wakes up, checks news* Fuck me. Too many damn idiots in this country. That's all I'll say.

micktiegs_8: I wish there was a button to lock my own thread... maybe everyone should just mass spam report it and see what happens.
trying to get a blue when they're online is like trying to find Wally in a 140p full-screen resolution picture on a 1080p monitor.

Sargon: My condolences to every American in here. I hope your great nation will get through these four years without any major troubles. I hope that the charlatan will not cause any great destruction. The best of luck to you.

DaCostaBR: Counting 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016, the electoral college has a failure rate of more than 11%.

sanscript: Then come to Norway - we have an open border policy ;-)

codefenix: The election would merely be a popularity contest otherwise.

codefenix: While flawed, this isn't a "failing". It's by design, in order to ensure proportional weight given to all states. The election would merely be a popularity contest otherwise.