I gotta give it to Stalin for saying everything nice and simple and tossing in a few jokes here and there. His Anarchism or Socialism was one of the best written books of theory I’d ever read. Stalin brings up Point A, then explains what it is, he explains the Anarchist positions/opinions on Point A, then Stalin shits on the anarchists and says “get a load of this jackass, he thinks blah blah blah about Point A! Have you ever heard of anyone so ignorant?” And on top of that, he never writes books that are especially long, most are able to be read over the course of 1-3 days. I genuinely haven’t read enough Lenin yet, I only read his Development of Capitalism in Russia which was very dry, Marx and Engels are great but I prefer Engels writing style to Marx
Mao was so great with small but powerful quotes. Like shit that’s obvious when you hear it but you never think of it like that. He explained Imperialists as dust bunnies that need to be swept away. Okay I understand his point, then he drops a bombshell. Wherever the broom doesn’t sweep, the dust will not disappear by itself. The Communist Vanguard Party cannot sit idly by as Imperialists linger in their country. They must sweep away the dust before it builds up heavier and more difficult to get rid of. That blew my mind a bit, such a great analogy