All I can say is that I have the utmost respect for anyone who had to live in those days. Back when the only way through was to convince the imperial gatekeepers how much of a perfect Stepford Wife/Husband you were inside and how much you hated all those sick perverted "transvestites" and "queers" and how you're nothing at all like them...
Kind of makes me wonder at what we can accomplish in another 30-40 years.