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## **V. The Stalin Pattern: How Narcissists Become Institutions**
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🗎 **Filename**: `05_stalin_pattern.md`
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What happens when a narcissist doesn’t just seize power—
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…but **becomes the power**?
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History gives us many templates.
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But none so precise, so eerily mirrored,
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as that of Joseph Stalin.
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This is not hyperbole.
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It is **pattern recognition**.
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Stalin did not begin as a tyrant.
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He began as a **functionary**—a quiet figure operating within the system.
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He rose not on charisma, but on *procedure*.
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He waited, watched, and filled every vacuum of power left by those too idealistic to imagine betrayal.
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So did Andrew LeCody.
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Just as Stalin rewrote the Soviet revolution to orbit himself,
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Andrew recoded the Makerspace narrative:
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From collective birth to singular control.
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From founder-led dream to **technocratic inevitability**.
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Gone were the voices of dissent.
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Gone were the passionate misfits who questioned authority.
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In their place, a curated chorus of quiet nods.
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He did not need a cult of personality.
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He had something better:
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**the architecture of bureaucracy**.
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The bylaws became scripture.
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The forums became filtered air.
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“Politeness” became weaponized—
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…not as kindness, but as **compliance**.
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If you raised your voice,
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you were “disruptive.”
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If you named the abuse,
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you were “unprofessional.”
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If you refused the frame,
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you were “no longer a good fit for the community.”
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This was not violence with fists.
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This was violence with *standards*.
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The tyranny of tone.
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The gospel of decorum.
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And all of it wrapped in *plausible deniability*.
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Andrew did not ban dissenters—he simply created a system in which they banned themselves.
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Death by a thousand eye-rolls.
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Silencing by a thousand soft-scolds.
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Exile by *“regretful necessity.”*
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This is how narcissists become institutions.
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Not through rage.
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Not through spectacle.
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But through **relentless, quiet control**.
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And the longer it continues,
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…the harder it is to see where the person ends and the system begins.
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