Solzhenitsyn is a good example of how a regime creates a consensus among its enemies where they begin to think they share a common philosophy. Countries like R

Solzhenitsyn is a good example of how a regime creates a consensus among its enemies where they begin to think they share a common philosophy. Countries like Russia and Iran can (and at least in Putin's case do ¹) claim philosophical connection with him because they use God as tool against others, in a way similar to the gulags he describes. [¹] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35879622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35879622