Question

What are two ways that the soviet people lost their freedom due got communism in the Soviet Union?

Answer 1

Economically, communism prevents consumer sovereignty and free market competition, as the government has control of most or all of the resources in a country.

Socially, communism attempts to create equality of outcome by redistributing wealth, and in turn, will take away someone’s freedom to make as much or as little money as they want.

There are MANY ways the people in Soviet Russia were stripped of their freedom by Communism.

Answer 2

The correct answers are A) people read, saw, and heard only what the government desired and C) workers were forced to take up farming.

The two ways that the Soviet people lost their freedom due to Communism in the Soviet Union were people read, saw, and heard only what the government desired and workers were forced to take up farming.

The regime of Russian Premier Joseph Stalin was total control under his dictatorship. The Soviet government exerted total power and control over its citizens, education, and Mass Media. There was no freedom of speech and any dissident was persecuted. There was no private property. The State dictated what to produce when to produce, how much and the price of products. This was the daily living in the Communist Soviet Union.

The other options of the question were B) only workers controlled the government and D) leaders came to power through secret internal power struggles.