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0 pointsjbooth15y ago0 comments

For that theory to work there has to have been a point where they could monitor all the phone lines.

Parent poster is making it clear that such a point was well over decades before the soviet union fell, so it's hard for the theory to explain the fall.

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ThomPete15y ago

That's like saying there need to be a policeman for each citizen. Things don't work like that. The system isn't in one to one relationships.

Anyway it's a theory I heard somewhere I make no claims about it's validity. However I do believe there is something to it which explains why North Korea is so gong ho about controlling information (and being so successful at it)

There is a reason why they weld the radio station to one frequency and why the the US is trying to smuggle radios over the border.

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