Imagine you are an alien who wanders into both countries.

1. Nazi Germany, you see:

• military on the street asking for papers
• secret police monitoring everyone
• picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
• dissidents sent to labor camps

2. USSR, you see:

• military on the street making sure you comply
• secret police monitoring everyone
• picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
• dissidents sent to labor camps

Some people think Nazi Germany's system was far different than a communist country. On the things I care about it wasn't.