Quote Originally Posted by Marcus View Post
By the end the Soviet propaganda had the opposite result. People loughed at it and assumed everything that was said lie, even if it was true. Especially it refered to the western life. People were convinced that in the West текут молочные реки с кисельными берегами. They did not accept any criticism of the West as communist propaganda. Dissidents and all the nonconformists were extremely popular as well as everything that was "forbidden". Many writers wouldn't be known today, but they can't understand that.
That was exactly the end the Soviet lying bullshit had deserved.