The fastest way to figure out why a fence was build, is to tear it down. The Soviet Union did this several times, e.g. - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/

The fastest way to figure out why a fence was build, is to tear it down. The Soviet Union did this several times, e.g. - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1926/07/the-russian-effort-to-abolish-marriage/306295/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1926/07/the-rus... - https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-stalin-weekend-labor-policy https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-stalin-weekend-lab...