You describe USSR and German Democratic Respublic (GDR) and I mean it in a very negative way, despite being very sympathetic to USSR and GDR. The "whistle-blow

You describe USSR and German Democratic Respublic (GDR) and I mean it in a very negative way, despite being very sympathetic to USSR and GDR. The "whistle-blowing" there was a tool to socially lift oneself. And "10x punishment" is exactly what makes such lifting possible.