I can't wait to write my first novel when I get out of the gulag.
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The soaps? I think he was being sarcastic since solzhenitsyn made a point that if we fought back even little by little as individuals the system would collapse. No one will be a cop if they fear even the old lady they want to arrest might go down fighting
I want to believe that, but it’s hard to tell.
The saddest thing about this statement is that the only hangup the potential cop would have is, “the boys back at the precinct would laugh at me,” and not “Well fuck, are we actually the bad guys?"
That’s the joke. Alexander did not recommend sitting idly by and waiting until the oppression ends.
Exactly:
The most famous writing on this is his "live not by lies" speech: https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies
He was facing arrest.
Thank you.