Imagine you are an alien who wanders into both countries.
- Nazi Germany, you see:
- military on the street asking for papers
- secret police monitoring everyone
- picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
- dissidents sent to labor camps
- USSR, you see:
- military on the street making sure you comply
- secret police monitoring everyone
- picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
- dissidents sent to labor camps
Some people think Nazi Germany's system was far different than a communist country. On the things I care about it wasn't.
If anyone really believes that Hitler and Stalin were these bitter enemies, boy do i have a different perspective for you.
If anything, i feel like they were very good friends who played chess with their nations and kinsmen. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Stalin was greatly saddened to hear that Hitler deaded himself and i wouldn't be surprised to find out that he took over a chunk of my country out of respect for the man in their shared goal of brutalizing everyone and everything they could get their grubby hands on.