Most historians agree they were a brutal network of labour camps used by Stalin's Soviet dictatorship to incarcerate internal opponents and so-called "enemies of the state", resulting in the death of more than an estimated 1.05 million people.
Luxurious Accommodations
During a bizarre exchange on Twitter the LGBTQ group at Goldsmiths Student Union described life in the Gulags as “rehabilitatory” and “educational”.
Educational Opportunities
They further states that:
The CIA had spread “lies” about the Gulag system, adding: “First myth to debunk: ‘u work until u die in gulags!' The Soviets did away with life sentences and the longest sentence was 10 years. Capital punishment was reserved for the most heinous, serious crimes.
“The penal system was a rehabilitatory one. The aim was to correct and change the ways of criminals.”
It added: “Much like wider Soviet society, everyone who was ‘able' to work did so at a wage proportionate to those who weren't incapacitated and, as they gained skills, were able to move up the ranks and work under less supervision.
“Educational work was also a prominent feature of the Soviet penal system. There were regular classes, book clubs, newspaper editorial teams, sports theater and performance groups.”
Camp attendees were provided with Free Transportation between activities!
9/14/2018, 7:44 am
Ivan the Stakhanovets
Imagine their pride in the ability to grow their own meals planting, tending, and harvesting beets from the permafrost!
9/14/2018, 8:30 am
Dimitri Kissov
Comrades!I always knew Solzhenitsyn was CIA but look at this video, dozens of liars about the Gulags! The CIA is everywhere!
9/14/2018, 10:41 am
Imperatorskiy Pingvin
Dimitri Kissov wrote:Comrades!I always knew Solzhenitsyn was CIA but look at this video, dozens of liars about the Gulags! The CIA is everywhere!
They're Russian trolls, paid by the Kremlin to spread CIA lies and disinformation about their own glorious communist history to keep Trump in power.
9/15/2018, 4:21 pm
Red Square
MAKE THE GULAGS GREAT AGAIN!
The students in question would surely like to participate in our new reality show, "Gulag Apprentice," premiering Next Tuesday. They will travel to the most isolated place on the planet and prove their worthiness to the Party in front of surveillance cameras.
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9/15/2018, 4:51 pm
The People's Anthony Sullivan
Well, always be keen to protest irrelevant topics. Virtue signalling credits go a long way.
9/15/2018, 4:52 pm
The People's Anthony Sullivan
Red Square wrote:MAKE THE GULAGS GREAT AGAIN!
The students in question would surely like to participate in our new reality show, "Gulag Apprentice," premiering Next Tuesday. They will travel to the most isolated place on the planet and prove their worthiness to the Party in front of surveillance cameras.
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Hmph. I hope that I will make it the most... interesting experience that they, and the audience watching us will ever have experienced in life.
