Vladimir_Golovin comments on High Status and Stupidity: Why? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 13 January 2010 04:01:06PM *  4 points [-]

I am far from convinced that Stalin is "high-status"

Stalin is definitely high-status, at least in present-day Russia. He's alarmingly popular among lower-class older people here -- and perhaps among the net-savvy public too, as he is believed to be the actual winner of the state-sponsored contest "The Name of Russia". If you ask me, that's not surprising at all given the current situation in the country -- it's crawling with corruption.