On Totalitarianism

[Typhoon]

Tip of the hat to a friend:

Standpoint | Blood and Lies Behind the Iron Curtain

"By trying to control every aspect of society, the regimes had turned every aspect of society into a potential form of protest."

[Skin Job]

A venerable cartoon version, chock-full of sarcasm and gallows humor: http://redprimer.com/

[Typhoon]

A venerable cartoon version, chock-full of sarcasm and gallows humor: http://redprimer.com/

Very good. Thanks for the link.

Gallows humour is one thing that was manufactured in abundance behind the Iron Curtain.

Probably the best analysis that I've read to-date is The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz.

[noddy]

"By trying to control every aspect of society, the regimes had turned every aspect of society into a potential form of protest."

nice,i could replace ~75% of my posts with a cut n paste of that.