Ironically, under totalitarian regimes, citizens find themselves faced with the choice between either following the unwritten rules of the regime (which require

Ironically, under totalitarian regimes, citizens find themselves faced with the choice between either following the unwritten rules of the regime (which require them to break the laws as written) or following the written laws (which are an impediment to the regime, and thus cause one to be guilty of more nebulous crimes like "sedition"). I don't disagree that overly broad laws are a problem in non-totalitarian countries, but I think that regimes like Stalin's are a special case.