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The book From The Land of Shadows by Khatharya Um made me think if people really believed to the communist party and their propaganda or if they were just scared to stand up against them. The book talks about revolutions and how some movements were trying to fight against the regime, but they were usually not successful and lots of people were killed during revolutions. Did it result in resignation and accepting the life based on the communism ideals or people were really persuaded by the politic party and believed it is the right way to go.
The power of terror that the communist party used to clear the country from the enemies of the regime was deterrent example for other people, so they would not try to oppose the regime. To strengthen the
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