> The USSR was at least ostensibly protecting its power structure from internal opposition. It was not, most of the time they were harassing outliers, not peop

> The USSR was at least ostensibly protecting its power structure from internal opposition. It was not, most of the time they were harassing outliers, not people who wanted to make a regime change. Some examples: Religious people, people who listened to western music, men who had long hair (you were assumed to be a fan of the western hippie culture), people with noble ancestry if they did not show support for the communist party,..