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Personalized Political Spectrum (lemmy.world)
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[+] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
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    prison system (whose acronym was GULAG)

    Afaik not true. The average westerner may think so, but GULAG is an acronym for a specific part of the system.

    copypasted my earlier commentif you would consult the chart from chapter 10:

    The etymology of GULAG is: "the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”)" emphasis mine, as it corresponds directly to the above, specifically the camps under the O.G.P.U. These are where those with harsher sentences were sent, as seen in the chart (3-10 years)

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    were actually politically motivated

    Thrers an old joke: Two guys in Gulag talk

    -How many year you've got?

    -20

    -For what?

    -For nothing.

    -You fucking liar. You'd get only 10 for nothing

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    right but this person isnt really the nuanced type, they're cherrypicking and so am I

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