05-15-2021, 07:45 AM
Erratum: the canal in question was the White Sea Canal, absurdly-costly (in human lives), and materially-wasteful effort of dubious economic merit to connect the Gulf of Finland to the Arctic Ocean and not some "Black Sea Canal".
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Agitprop propaganda poster used to motivate convict laborers during the construction. The writing says: 'Canal Army soldier! The heat of your work will melt your prison term!'
Agitprop propaganda poster used to motivate convict laborers during the construction. The writing says: 'Canal Army soldier! The heat of your work will melt your prison term!'
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
