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The Suppression of Speech
The Soviet press was a useful mechanism to direct public opinion and inform public perspectives. A lot of these papers were about kind of speaking to the lowest common denominator Stalin's great, everything's great overseas bad. And also, you were educated as a citizen on what you're supposed to think and say. You could read the paper and at your at your factory, you could be like, Oh my God, this guy Carl Radak's great he's amazingYou know what to talk about. And then when you get home you could just kind of be more honest with family.