Every time I head libs complain about the Gulags in biographies of people who "suffered through them" they always have a line like "They were terrified because going to the gulag was practically a death sentence." Then after the gulag chapter is done, the biography continues with like "10 years later they moved to the US and unveiled the horrible truth about the gulags, getting multiple book and movie deals and becoming a millionaire. They now spend their time collecting world war 2 memorabilia and expanding their collection of unusual tattoos."
It's always "The gulag was an evil death sentence" and then "after the (actually pretty reasonable) amount of time they spend in the gulag, they were free to move overseas and leave the USSR to live their life how they want. THUS PROVING how evil the USSR really was!"