CSPAN3 Soviet Internal Propaganda September 30, 2017
Has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920s. Yet, after years of force sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. Housing remains inadequate. Intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. And growing corruption reaches all levels of society. The soviet people respond with public displays of cynicism, but they almost never openly challenge the authority of the leadership. The soviet regime does not hesitate to enforce its role its rule through the violent suppression of individual liberty, but it prefers to use less onerous method...