Dissidents were being taken to camps in Siberia or shot in the head
If you compare amount of jailed people in the USSR with same figures of the US penitentiary system, then you will see that there is virtually no difference.
In fact, USSR incarceration rate had a lowering trend while US incarceration rate is still groving. If you would dedicate some time to compare them with these of the rest of the world, then you will see that modern values of the US incarceration rate are keeping the 1st rank.
The US is literally a country of prisoners. You should also note that there is no separate statistics of politically motivated cases, and never were.
Consider examination of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics before posting another bunch of propaganda.
Did you have history at school? I shouldn't even ask because in some countries these topics aren't even covered, but i'll give you some examples.
Written by whom? By those who are believing (yep, thinking isn't a right word here) that atomic bombing is a reason of japanese capitulation?
It was almost like in NK right now where you can go to a labor camp for not crying on a funeral of the head of state.
We're frequently reading a lot of funny articles about North Korea.
Like these about shooting the government officials using the mortar guns. There were also news about feeding people to rabid dogs and a lot of other bullshit. Why I'm calling this a BS? That's simple, because these "executed" people suddenly returned from the dead a bit later.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-dictator-kim-jong-uns-executions-anti-aircraft-guns-flamethrowers-mortarshttps://www.foxnews.com/world/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-uses-terrifyingly-creative-methods-to-kill-enemieshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/story-kim-jong-un-uncle-fed-dogs-made-upAnd I'm not even counting the "news" which were claiming successful landing to the Sun or whatever. A vast share of publications about USSR were of the same "quality".
Regular NATO country citizen is bombed with propaganda in non-stop mode, resulting these people to lose any critical thinking when it comes to discussion of politically related issues. They would believe any shit, like bears walking on the streets, vodka or balalaika stories. You're not able to think rationally, you've lost your mind and you need to deal with it.
Here is a simplest example:
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/kompromat-russia-trump/index.htmlIt's unbelievable that people are ready to discuss such a nonsense seriously. In Russia, that would be a subject for some satiric show, no more.