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Which point of view is reflected in this quotation?

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. –Joseph Stalin

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The correct answer is B) Stalin's view of free elections in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

The point of view reflected in this quotation was Stalin's view of free elections in East Europe during the Cold War.

After World War II, the superpower nations reunited in two conferences to settle things and review the situation of Germany after the war. These conferences were Potsdam and Yalta. But notorious differences between the United States and the Soviet Union started what was known as the Cold War. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin wanted to keep control of the Communist nations such as East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and Hungary. So with that quotation, Stalin expressed his view of free elections in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. He meant that whatever the results were in the elections, he was going to keep the control of the results.

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