I think one of the things that's tricky but vital to grasp is that life in the Soviet Union, for most people, most of the time, was ... fine. Not great, not terrible. There was an enormous amount of grinding systematic bullshit much more than there was Black Marias at the door.https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1390128391299420160 …
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In later times that fear was indirect, passed on to a generation that had no firsthand experience, but it was never gone, and I think it's impossible to understand the period of "advanced socialism" you allude to without it.
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