Solzhenitsyn is a good example of how a regime creates a consensus among its enemies where they begin to think they share a common philosophy.
Countries like Russia and Iran can (and at least in Putin's case do ¹) claim philosophical connection with him because they use God as tool against others, in a way similar to the gulags he describes.
Countries like Russia and Iran can (and at least in Putin's case do ¹) claim philosophical connection with him because they use God as tool against others, in a way similar to the gulags he describes.
[¹] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35879622