Socialists are using this trick since forever.
My country, Germany, was parted for a long time as you probably know, the Eastern part belonging to the Soviet Union. They, the GDR, basically used the same system and kind of propaganda the third reich used before, only switching out some terms. They even had their form of "Hitler youth", to indoctrinate kids as soon as possible. They had their secret police that would blackmail, kidnap, torture and even murder people.
They kept their people in-country by force. Trying to "flee", would result in being shot, or if captured alive, years of prison along with the torture and usual psychological terror, including repercussions for family members, like losing your place at a university or other privileges.
Fun fact: What you perhaps know as the "Berlin Wall", was called "antifascist protection wall" by the GDR government... yes you guessed it, the free western world next door were the "fascists".
Capitalism and a free market might not be flawless, let alone perfect.
But for fucks sake hearing all these idiots being pro socialism without, obviously, ever reading a history book scares the shit out of me.
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