The picture I will discuss is the altered photo of Leo trotsky before and after he was banned from the Communist Party. It represents the wide variety of image altering and history changing the communists did to protect their image and keep information that could be used against them away from the masses. Trotsky was taken out of the picture because he started to disagree with Stalin who did not want to lose his own power. It represents the no tolerance positions the communists had towards people who did not follow every rule they set out. Any person who disagreed with communist thought could be taken as a political prisoner which caused the whole population to live in fear.
http://rt.com/news/prime-time/gay-propaganda-law-rewording-049/This video shows how even today, the Russian government is not allowing its people full freedom of speech and acce to information. It is a modern example of communist practices, however nowadays the consequences for disagreeing are not quite as severe as back then.
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