Anne Applebaum, oddly of the Washington Post, who writes books on the reality of the Soviet empire, recently said in Iron Curtain, her latest offering, how East Germany's Walter Ulbricht exerted Soviet control: "The skill was to put their supporters into broadcasting and the press, the arts, the unions, youth organizations, universities, and voluntary associations down to the level of chess clubs... critics of any aspect of Communism were defined as fascists." Sound familiar?
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