I don’t know enough about Russia under Stalin. I can believe that passivity was a good strategy, but how about knowing how to manipulate the system, if only in small ways?
My impression is that periodic purges made any kind of success dangerous—the best survival strategy was just to keep your head down and not stick out in any way.
I don’t know enough about Russia under Stalin. I can believe that passivity was a good strategy, but how about knowing how to manipulate the system, if only in small ways?
My impression is that periodic purges made any kind of success dangerous—the best survival strategy was just to keep your head down and not stick out in any way.