“There was nothing wrong in a man in strengthening his material position with the help of a good salary from the state and a good pension (Pavel Nikolayevich’s dream was to be awarded a special, personal pension). Such a man has earned his car, his cottage in the country, and a small house in town to himself. But a car of the same make from the same factory, or a country cottage of the same standard type, acquired a completely different criminal character if they had been bought through speculation. Pavel Nikolayevich deemed, literally dreamed of introducing public executions for speculators. Public executions would speedily bring complete health to our society.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “Cancer Ward”, 1968.
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