#sovietjeans — Public Fediverse posts
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"The question was never only what was forbidden. It was who, when, and in whose interest decided what counted as a crime, an illness, a moral failure, or a threat to the state."
Two TV series, #Fartsa and #SovietJeans, reveal how Soviet law served as in instrument of state power. Gevorg Avetikyan reads the two series side by side and shows how coercion worked in practice - and how the grey market became part of the system itself. ⬇️