Soviet Union Comparisons

Comments debating comparisons of modern events or policies to Soviet Union practices, including anti-Soviet sentiments, historical atrocities like gulags, and criticisms of 'red scare' rhetoric.

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locallost Apr 5, 2022 View on HN

Sounds like something they would do in the USSR.

drran Jul 29, 2020 View on HN

It's good that it antisoviet, isn't? Soviet Union was responsible for millions of deaths. In Soviet Union, you will be prosecuted as American spy just because you have account on HN.

zapataband1 Dec 22, 2022 View on HN

great, the red-scare boomers have invaded HN. The USSR hasn't existed for half a century you can put your pearls away

vaksel Aug 1, 2010 View on HN

yeah def has a feel of communist Russia

attentive Aug 27, 2022 View on HN

yeah, tell us how great USSR was /s

viridian Sep 13, 2022 View on HN

It's like Stalinist Russia, you can believe whatever you want, it's only expressing those beliefs that gets you sent to the gulag.

bar000n Oct 12, 2023 View on HN

soviet in title, nothing soviet in article.

Ray20 Mar 27, 2025 View on HN

You are buying Soviet propaganda. Just an example of what what happening in Khrustchev times for expressing a dissatisfaction:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novocherkassk_massacre

tasuki Jul 27, 2017 View on HN

The title mentions Soviets, suggesting this was pre-1991.

a-saleh Dec 29, 2019 View on HN

With some risk of 'no-true-scotsman', more I look at soviet/cold-war era, more it seems like Russia was exporting weird meld of cult-of-personality, imperialism and fascism?To me, if reading about Gulag destroys left-wing for you, is like if realizing world was not created in 6 days destroyed your faith. Like what was your belief in the first place? But I had simmilar moments as well :)I did hear that SSSR does still have fans in some western countries, and Alexander Solzhen