TIL: In the Soviet Union, they considered being against the state a mental illness and would lock you up for the crime of being mentally ill

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TIL: In the Soviet Union, they considered being against the state a mental illness and would lock you up for the crime of being mentally ill(en.wikipedia.org)

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[-]JasonCarswell2(+2|0)

It's not much different in the USA and Canada - they just haven't enforced it yet, but they're preparing to.

This was also done to pacifists in other nations in wartime.

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