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Stalin's Great Terror
Stalin's goal was to atomize Soviet society as much as possible. Part of it is if you look at an axis between collectivism and individualism, a big part of collectivism is to make sure that no individual has too much power. There were jokes where people had to live in apartments together with other families. All it would take is a phone call to the secret police and be like, he's a kulak or he's hoarding gold.