the focus on molotov-ribbentrop as this completely irredeemable thing that belies the true totalitarian connection between hitler and stalin just totally ignores that britain and france signed similar agreements to avoid war over austria and czechoslovakia.

Well there was also the secret protocol of the molotov-Ribbentrop which was not like the pacts Britain and france had, and the ussr directed cpusa to lobby for us neutrality until Germany invaded the Soviet Union

I don't think it shows any "totalitarian connection" between the two, it just shows that Stalin was a monstrous piece of shit.

also the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed explicitly to blunt expansion already being allowed by western powers and the entire time the USSR was saying 'hey guys you know this isn't going to actually stop him right this is at best buying us a little time to get ready'

me when I'm American and don't know, conveniently, where the Nazis got all their oil before December 7, 1941