Among the quotes of the Soviet leader circulating on the Internet, a sarcastic statement about democracy stands out. We checked whether such an attribution is correct.
The statement completely sounds like this: “I always thought that democracy is the power of the people, but Comrade Roosevelt clearly explained to me that democracy is the power of the American people.” The fact that the author of this phrase is Joseph Stalin said the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov, deputy of the lower house of the Russian parliament Mikhail Delyagin, publicist Armen Gasparyan, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, director Nikita Mikhalkov, publicist Richard Semashkov (he is a rapper Rich), writer Kirill Benedictov, observer Dmitry Lekukh, political scientist Leonid Krutakov and others. The quote is widespread in social networks (Facebook, "Zen","VKontakte" Telegram).
The authors who quote the statement of democracy as the power of the American people usually do not indicate when and under what circumstances it was uttered. "Verified" failed to find it in 18 Collected works Stalin, nor in "Corps of the Russian language", Not in the project"Google Books", Not in any academic publications dedicated to the Soviet leader.
Moreover, from confirmed Quote The policy shows that Stalin shared the socialist, “proletarian” democracy, which was positive, and the Western one, about which he wrote: “Democracy under capitalism is capitalist democracy, democracy of the exploiting minority, resting on the restriction of the rights of the operated majority and directed against this majority.” This contradicts the idea expressed in a viral quote about democracy as the power of the people, even exclusively American.
On the Internet, the alleged quote from Stalin, judging by the search results, appears quite late. In social networks X And Facebook It is first mentioned in the posts of 2014, in Telegram - In 2019. IN "Live magazine»The phrase with attribution to the Soviet leader also becomes viral in 2014, but appeared there earlier: in 2009, the user published a statement Profos, and in 2008-a blogger with a username VT4K.
Neither one nor the other indicated the source from where they took the quote, but it can be assumed that she was born on the network as an anecdote - it is not for nothing that she was so her characterize In many later publications. This is consistent with style Popular jokes About Stalin, where he calls his interlocutors comrades.
On the Internet, the statement (but distributed without indicating the author) is popular: “If“ democracy ”is the power of the people, then“ American democracy ”is the power of the American people, or American. The establishment of the regime of global Americanity is historically inevitable, so relax and try to enjoy. ” This phrase has become popular on the site anekdot.ru In 2005, shortly after the Rose revolution in Georgia (2003), the Orange Revolution in Ukraine (2004) and the tulip revolution in Kyrgyzstan (2005). It is significant that the distribution of the quote attributed to Stalin began in 2014, after Euromaidan.
However, a statement that appeared in the 21st century has nothing to do with the leader. This is another of the set Quote, attributed to him after his death.
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