Do soviet apologists really expect people to not believe verifiable visual evidence that the soviet union was an authoritarian state with a cult of personality surrounding its leadership? That it's all just CIA/Nazi/Capitalist/Royalist/Wrecker/Kulak/Reactionary/Revisionist propaganda? Do they think everyone besides them is stupid and will actually believe the shit they spew or are they telling you up is down and black is white just for the thrill of lying?