How did leftist intellectuals and politicians in the West justify the political repression in the USSR, China, and other communist countries? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How did leftist intellectuals and politicians in the West justify the political repression in the USSR, China, and other communist countries?

by Seswatha

(those that supported these regimes obviously, not implying everyone on the left were supporters)

hibloodstevia

I think that question will run afoul of the twenty year rule on this sub - because this is something that continues today.