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Re:Why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer ... by tryingagainbro on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:19PM (#15604634)
In other parts for having long hair (when it was popular in the West) or for listening to foreign stations, music etc.
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Re:Why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer ... by Tharkun on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:03PM (#15605447)
While that sort of thing was seen as being "too western" in the east, it was seen as being "queer" or "communist" in the west. The cold war era was very weird on both sides of the wall.
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