Soviets removed the "proletariat" from the dictatorship very quickly. About the same time when Lenin decided he didn't like losing elections or having any sort of political opposition whatsoever.
They've been worse. Most of it just doesn't get covered by Western media (or, like, any media). Trump is trying to emulate putin, not the other way around.
My grandma often uses speech-to-text search on her phone because she isn't used to typing even on a full sized keyboard, let alone tiny on-screen one. Accessibility rules.
Soviets removed the "proletariat" from the dictatorship very quickly. About the same time when Lenin decided he didn't like losing elections or having any sort of political opposition whatsoever.