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The speaker vehemently condemns the Soviet Union, equating celebration of Lenin with praising a monster akin to Hitler. They condemn the glorification of Lenin, emphasizing that he was a ruthless ideologue willing to sacrifice millions—referring to the deaths of the Kulaks, the Ukrainian famine (Holodomor), and the millions who perished in the gulags—just to realize his revolutionary vision. The Soviet regime, plagued by systemic failures, devolved into a totalitarian slave state, enforcing forced labor, mass executions, and widespread repression. The true toll remains uncertain, with estimates of death tolls ranging from 15 to 60 million, a number that underscores the horror’s scale.