What are two ways that the soviet people lost their freedom due to communism in the soviet union?

people read, saw, and heard only what the government desired.

only workers controlled the government.

workers were forced to take up farming.

leaders came to power through secret internal power struggles.

Soviet people lost their freedom due to communism in the Soviet Union because people read, saw, and heard only what the government desired, as mass media was controlled by it.

Government ownership of the printed media, television and radio served in an important way to control information and society as Soviet leaders saw opposition groups of intellectuals as a potential threat to the bases that underlay the communist power itself.

In addition, Soviet leaders came to power through secret internal power struggles, as there wasn't a democratic system in the country.

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