On a completely opposite ideological side, back in times of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship in Paraguay (clearly fascistic, and I don't use that word lightly)

On a completely opposite ideological side, back in times of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship in Paraguay (clearly fascistic, and I don't use that word lightly), any public officer making any public statement whatsoever necessarily had to include in such statement some kind of praise to the dictator, no matter the ocassion. Commencement speech of the public university? Stroessner had to be praised. Dedication of a school somewhere in the countryside? Stroessner had to be praised. You were a general and were giving a talk to the troops? You had to include some praises of Stroessner. This was mandatory and closely checked to test your alignment to the regime. You failed to do so? You were guaranteed to lose your position and maybe begin to be watched by the secret police and informants. So I can very well relate to Barvinok's fears and experience.