It is reasonably arguable (whether true or not) that Nazism would never have happened without the radio, or that the USSR’s police state required the telephone and other high speed means of communication.
USSR’s police state required high speed one-to-many means of communication. The Soviet leadership was absolutely terrified of many-to-many means of communication, going so far as to impose extremely tight controls on access to photocopiers, even most high level members of the party couldn’t get access.
The Soviet leadership was absolutely terrified of many-to-many means of communication, going so far as to impose extremely tight controls on access to photocopiers, even most high level members of the party couldn’t get access. [emphasis added]
That would seem to imply that it was an overreaction, demonstrating the depths of their paranoia, or at least that’s how I interpreted it.
USSR’s police state required high speed one-to-many means of communication. The Soviet leadership was absolutely terrified of many-to-many means of communication, going so far as to impose extremely tight controls on access to photocopiers, even most high level members of the party couldn’t get access.
Well, in fairness, photocopiers are commonly used for making posters, flyers and so on, especially back then.
It’t not that it was irrational
That would seem to imply that it was an overreaction, demonstrating the depths of their paranoia, or at least that’s how I interpreted it.