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> KGB realized it was thread early on and prevented mass adoption I don't think they had to actually "prevent" it — just as jeans, baby diapers, disposable pap
by golergka 6y ago
> KGB realized it was thread early on and prevented mass adoption
I don't think they had to actually "prevent" it — just as jeans, baby diapers, disposable paper towels and stockings, USSR was just very bad at consumer items. It didn't even had real mass adoption of toilet paper.
- philwelch 6y agoWhile true, samizdat was already a threat to the regime and I’m sure the wide availability of photocopiers would have made that a much bigger headache for the Soviet government. They already resorted to registering typewriters because that’s how samizdat was typically produced and copied.