Ok, now I see where you're coming from. In the original post I was talking about the late (no pun intended) Soviet Union: 1960 onwards. You were not executed

Ok, now I see where you're coming from. In the original post I was talking about the late (no pun intended) Soviet Union: 1960 onwards. You were not executed for political jokes. You will just be shunned by your friends and won't be offered any decent job and your kids may never get into the college.