Just discovered that admins are removing resource-content on the subreddit. Both the DPRK and China megathreads that are in the sidebar have been removed, probably others too.

I doubt this is unique to only /r/communism, /r/communism101 is probably going to be hit as well.

  • JoeySteel [comrade/them]12•4 years ago

    Surely it's the same though as there were varying degrees of gulags - some for petty criminals and thieves were essentially just small villages miles from anything in Siberia where they led relatively "free" lifestyles and were allowed to take their families etc.

    Probation/parole can hardly be considered freedom as you're still undersupervision and required to check into a police station or have a parole officer visit you etc.

    • spectre [he/him]13•4 years ago

      I think it's a fair comparison, but I'd want to make sure the net is just as wide on the Soviet side, and includes non-gulag jails and such (if that's a thing, I know nothing about their prison system)