Dissent and Control

The state permits complaint and punishes organisation. The line between the two is the main skill of a Moravskan citizen.

What is permitted [edit]

Five acts are safe.

1. A complaint in a queue about a shortage.
2. A joke about a minister.
3. A letter to the newspaper about a broken lift.
4. An appeal to the committee about a flat.
5. A refusal to join the party, with a quiet reason.

The state permits these acts for a reason. A permitted complaint is a release valve. A citizen who complains in the queue does not complain in a group.

What is punished [edit]

Five acts are dangerous.

The penalty is not always a prison. The state prefers 3 softer tools.

• The work transfer. A person moves to a worse plant, a worse shift, or a village post.
• The school place. A child of a suspect loses a university place.
• The flat delay. A name goes to the end of the list.

A soft tool is cheaper than a trial and it is more effective.

The instruments [edit]

The informer [edit]

An informer is not always a believer. Three motives are common.

1. Fear. A person with a file cooperates to keep the file small.
2. Gain. A report brings a flat, a permit, or a place.
3. Duty. A party member reports as part of the work.

The street calls an informer ukho ("an ear"). A person who is caught as an ear loses the line and the neighbours.

The petitions [edit]

Two petitions matter in recent memory.

The second case is the interesting one. The state refused the request and punished nobody. A petition with a small demand and no organisation is safe.

The church and the young [edit]

A religious revival among the young is the newest problem. See Religion.

The state answers with 3 measures.

1. It moves a priest to a village.
2. It reports a student to the school.
3. It prints an article about "the harmful sect".

The measures are slow. The state does not want a martyr.

The Marches [edit]

The Marches produce a different kind of dissent. It is not political. It is a family matter across a border.

A farmer crosses to a wedding. A herder crosses to a well. The Kray treats the crossing as a security case, and the farmer treats it as a walk.

The state fears a national movement. It has not appeared. The Marches ask for a road, a school, and a gate that opens earlier.

The limits of control [edit]

The state has 4 limits.

1. It needs the engineers, the captains, and the doctors. It cannot arrest them all.
2. It cannot count the informal trade.
3. It cannot stop a Western radio signal.
4. It cannot stop a joke.

The private space [edit]

A citizen builds a private space in 4 places.

• The kitchen.
• The balcony.
• The fishing boat.
• The funeral table.

The state enters the first two with a warrant, the third with a pass, and the fourth never.

Other notes [edit]

• Political System
• The Kray
• Generational Tension