this is simply not true, please read up on Holodomor, forced Chechen relocation, etc. Stalin was pretty much as evil as Hitler.

Some of the mismanagement however was intentional (for example in Ukraine) and/or enforced to a criminal extent (thinking of China here). People died of starvation because their harvest was taken away in its entirety.

Down-voted for talking truth about the largest mass murders of the 20th century. Kind of makes you not want to be here, doesn't it?

Oh well. And I am myself European socialdemocratic, which should be just a little bit short of bolshevik for the American POV. :)

FYI Holocaust revisionists make similar arguments.