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I think it's uncontroversial that Beria's day job was overseeing the murder of millions of citizens.

And that getting your coworkers killed was a standard part of office politics in that job.

Yes but I'm talking more about the creepiness of the stalking of women, mass rape, personally torturing and killing for pleasure etc. It sounds a bit far-fetched. It may well be true but there was just so much history rewriting going on.

I know all the soviet leaders of that era were mass murderers but usually by delegation only.

Edit: I read up on it and it does indeed seem true. Wow..

Some people correct the opposite direction from ‘the office’ (say, spending time in nature after working at a computer all day). Some go whole hog - spending all their extra time working on hobby projects, for instance.

I guess the same thing applies if your job is being a manipulator, murderer, and genocidal maniac?

Props for reading up on it and coming back!

Indeed. It's always frustrating to encounter these "Well if your arguments are right then how come they sound false to me?" discussion of Soviet history, even on what are supposed to be more measured and thoughtful platforms like HN. Doubly so when the argument is just that the Stalin-era secret police committed an atrocity.

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