Telling on Your Family Members and More Absurdities

A collection of totalitarian news.

#1. The self-betrayal of telling on your family members

I would like to start with the Soviet legend of Pavlik Morozov.

When I was a kid, I was taught that Pavlik was a “hero young pioneer.” He was supposed to be a role model for all good Soviet children. His heroic act was that he told on his “kulak” father, who was then rounded up by the commissars for…