>>The constant comparisons to a prison reflect the theoretical reality of leaving the country accurately, but poorly reflect the psychological perception of the issue by most citizens.
Of course, with information control from the cradle...
>>Vanishingly few Americans have ever traveled outside the country, and a non-trivial number have never left their state or been beyond a neighbouring one.
I thought Soviet didn't allow people to move to the place they wanted? Or was that just the big cities?
But sure, people traveled in the military service...? :-)
>>The constant comparisons to a prison reflect the theoretical reality of leaving the country accurately, but poorly reflect the psychological perception of the issue by most citizens.
Of course, with information control from the cradle...
>>Vanishingly few Americans have ever traveled outside the country, and a non-trivial number have never left their state or been beyond a neighbouring one.
I thought Soviet didn't allow people to move to the place they wanted? Or was that just the big cities?
But sure, people traveled in the military service...? :-)