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minus-squarecayde6mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoIt wasn’t a fluke. The USSR didn’t decriminalize everything though, and didn’t abolish all of the tsarist-era laws.
minus-squareglimmer_twin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 days agoDoing some brief digging, you’re right, it wasn’t just an oversight. Which actually makes it much worse that it was re-criminalised as it wasn’t just a matter of re-affirming established legal code, but an actual regression in social policy.
It wasn’t a fluke. The USSR didn’t decriminalize everything though, and didn’t abolish all of the tsarist-era laws.
Doing some brief digging, you’re right, it wasn’t just an oversight. Which actually makes it much worse that it was re-criminalised as it wasn’t just a matter of re-affirming established legal code, but an actual regression in social policy.