You’re right. But research after research shows that exposing does not work, and that it actually appeals to those who are already inclined to extreme ideas.

Perfect for a key or two! Won’t fall out

HAAHAHAHAHAHA, imagine calling Russia non-imperialist. Even the fucking Russian church calls it a holy mission of Russia to spread the Russian realm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany_(1939–1945)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)

Worthwile to note that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were longstanding allies before Operation Barbarossa and a critical amount of steel and oil that supplied the Nazi war machine after the allied embargo was supplied by the Soviet union.

Which says nothing of the monumental sacrifice given by Soviet civilians, but let’s separate that from Stalin’s policy, perhaps?

Worthwile to note here that the left of the French revolution, the Jacobins, did develop authoritarianism.

Which should have been a warning sign for all leftists to come, but alas…