Coercion as Participation

By the Soviet period, financial extraction became routine. The state needed to accumulate resources quickly, and it had a powerful tool: presenting coercion as participation. State bonds were described as citizens investing in the future, but in practice they were often tied to workplace pressure and fear of refusal. In a bottleneck economy, even patriotism can become a mechanism for forced lending.

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