Pictures in every house, Communist Countries

[Reznov]

Ok, i'm sure you guys have seen where they show that in places like North Korea, the GDR and the U.S.S.R. (Any "Communist Country") they had pictures of their political leaders in every house/building.

I was wondering if this was true? And to what extent?

Also, did this ever take hold in Cuba? (Castro, Che Camilo etc...)

[L.A.P.]

Well it's definitely true in North Korea but I'm not sure in every other country.

[Weezer]

How many Jesus's are nailed upon the walls of Christian houses?

[the last donut of the night]

How many Jesus's are nailed upon the walls of Christian houses?

Also, how many Obama and Reagan commemorative plates are out there sitting in living rooms?

[Os Cangaceiros]

How many Jesus's are nailed upon the walls of Christian houses?

That's a really apt comparison, actually.

[gorillafuck]

Also, how many Obama and Reagan commemorative plates are out there sitting in living rooms?
I think the question is whether it's mandatory. There's an obvious difference between buying Reagan plates (by the way, I've never seen any politician on plates...) and having a picture of a leader put in your home even if you don't want it.

[Amphictyonis]

I would have painted a funny mustache on mine.

[Amphictyonis]

Also, how many Obama and Reagan commemorative plates are out there sitting in living rooms?

My parents have a picture of Bush on the wall. Every time I visit them I hide it but they eventually find it. I may burn it some day.

[RadioRaheem84]

I highly doubt putting up a pic of Kim Jong Il is mandatory in NK.

Same in Cuba or even Stalinist Russia.

[gorillafuck]

I highly doubt putting up a pic of Kim Jong Il is mandatory in NK.

Same in Cuba or even Stalinist Russia.
Yeah, I doubt that too. But one thing being true doesn't make an argument based on a dumb comparison any good either.

In a video documenting an American defector to the DPRK who gained fame in it showed a speaker in a home playing government messages that could be turned down quiet but never turned all the way off, that were supposedly placed in homes. Is that true? I could find the video if I tried.

[Comrade Marxist Bro]

Ok, i'm sure you guys have seen where they show that in places like North Korea, the GDR and the U.S.S.R. (Any "Communist Country") they had pictures of their political leaders in every house/building.

I was wondering if this was true? And to what extent?

Also, did this ever take hold in Cuba? (Castro, Che Camilo etc...)

Completely true. There was a law mandating that you needed at least one revolutionary leader's picture in your house. Or you were sent to GULAG without trial and had your kids taken away.

[el_chavista]

I think it depends on the people's idiosyncrasy in each country. Here in Venezuela it is customary that public offices put a picture of the ruling president. Although carrying huge portraits in demonstration is not common.

[the last donut of the night]

To the OP's question: when it comes to these little details, finding a definite answer is hard to do. That's because most of, if not any concrete information (video footage, etc) usually comes from American or biased pro-western sources.

[Fulanito de Tal]

Ok, i'm sure you guys have seen where they show that in places like North Korea, the GDR and the U.S.S.R. (Any "Communist Country") they had pictures of their political leaders in every house/building.

I was wondering if this was true? And to what extent?

Also, did this ever take hold in Cuba? (Castro, Che Camilo etc...)

It's not in every house in Cuba by far. You might see pictures on buildings and papers, but not in every house. And, if you did see pictures in someone's house, it is 10204238923% because that person wanted it there and not because they were forced to by the government.

Also, we have a much larger amount of propaganda here. Anyone that's not completely nonsensical and has been to Cuba would tell you that the amount of billboards, signs, or propaganda there is SOOOOOO much less there than in the U$. Every time I come back from Cuba, I try to see how long I can last with out reading a billboard here and not think about it. It's usually a really short time.

[Magón]

It's the same in some houses in Cuba too.

[28350]

I mean, lots of communist leaders have been very attractive...

[Devrim]

I highly doubt putting up a pic of Kim Jong Il is mandatory in NK.

Same in Cuba or even Stalinist Russia.

It wouldn't surprise me that much. I live in a country where it is obligatory to have a picture of the first president of the country in every room or office in a public building. I remember once that we had the inspectors at our work, and the building was extremely unsafe, lacked fire exits etc, and was pretty much a death-trap. Their only criticism was that the picture of the first president in the hall wasn't big enough. I am not sure if the rule applies to private businesses. The place I refer to above was a private business working under licence for a ministry. However, I can only remember ever going into one private business without his picture. Believe me, it is not something that you don't notice. The place I refer to is a bar, owned by a Kurd in Ankara, and when I have gone there with people who haven't been there before, they usually comment within ten minutes that the picture isn't there. I know that it isn't obligatory in private houses, but I would think that the majority of people probably have one somewhere in their house.

Devrim

[Patchd]

Similarly in Thailand, many households will have religious pictures, usually of monks or high venerables or Buddha mini-statues. Many houses, especially in the Thai community, although you do find this in Chinese-Thai families too, will also have one or more pictures of past and present monarchs. You'll mostly find a picture of King Rama V as he's seen as the King who modernised Thailand, brought about a state railway system whilst maintaining Thai independence from British India and French Indochina, although the current King Bumipol is quite common, as well as his family. They're usually given a semi-deified status by the household.

This isn't a surprise as there are fucking huge portraits in public places everywhere, and it is customary for public buildings to have at least one portrait of the King hanging somewhere, and perhaps also a portrait of Rama V. I saw less Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam than I do of the monarchy in Thailand.

[Born in the USSR]

Ok, i'm sure you guys have seen where they show that in places like North Korea, the GDR and the U.S.S.R. (Any "Communist Country") they had pictures of their political leaders in every house/building.

I was wondering if this was true?

There was no such custom in the Soviet Union, and I doubt whether there is such a custom in N Korea.What for,who need it - think yourself.

[4 Leaf Clover]

My parents have a picture of Bush on the wall. Every time I visit them I hide it but they eventually find it. I may burn it some day.

do it :D

[Black Sheep]

In how many communist parties' offices are there portraits and/or busts of lenin, marx,engels, etc?

So shut the hell up.

[Ovi]

How many Jesus's are nailed upon the walls of Christian houses?
Yeah, because stalinism is a religion.