> This is also how the Soviet Union--which ostensibly had free speech and assembly--operated. It didn't though. Or the same way China has freedom of speech. Yo

> This is also how the Soviet Union--which ostensibly had free speech and assembly--operated. It didn't though. Or the same way China has freedom of speech. You disappear if you say things the regime doesn't like. It's also codified in the RSFSR Penal Code. 58-10 seems pretty explicit by itself: 58-10. Anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitation: at least 6 months of imprisonment. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_58_(RSFSR_Penal_Code) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_58_(RSFSR_Penal_Code) The parallel with the U.S. system even if far from being perfect is disingenuous.