The Gulag Archipelago

Survival Amidst Desolation: The Gulag Archipelago
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Perpetrators crowned

Individuals who commit wrongful acts are recognized or rewarded.

And control given

Authority or power is granted to these individuals.

By grace of orders survive

Survival is ensured by adhering to orders, possibly hinting at blind obedience.

By the orders die

Some might meet their demise due to the same orders they followed.

The persecutors had in time

Over time, oppressors or those in power made people submit.

Made us all give in

They broke the will of the people, making them surrender or give up.

Defiled and made us lie

People were forced into deception and dishonesty.

No refuge. No shrines

There's no safe place or sanctuary.


Grit is death

Strength or determination can lead to death.

Life is

Life exists.

Life is throwaway

Life is expendable or of little value.

Decay

Decay or decline.

Degraded, distorted and flayed

People are humiliated, misrepresented, and deeply hurt.

To a pawn for the power play

Individuals are used as mere tools or instruments in power struggles.


The camps are but a chain of distress

Prison camps are a continuous series of suffering and misery.

Secluded, it's either ache or repress

Within these confines, pain is unavoidable, leading to either enduring it or suppressing it.

Not by mistake but by design

Conditions are not accidental but are deliberately set or orchestrated.

There is no life, survive or die

In such environments, one has no real life choices; it's about mere survival or death.


A single death is a tragedy; a million a statistic

A single death evokes emotion, but mass deaths are often overlooked or become mere statistics.

We're suffering a travesty, directed by sadistic

The suffering is profound, directed by individuals who derive pleasure from cruelty.

Executioners and slayers, we're numbers to them

People are dehumanized, seen merely as numbers to those in power.

Death solves all problems - no man, no problem

Death can be seen as a solution to challenges or issues, implying a callous disregard for human life.

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