@OF-8 Self realisation is not simply a choice, dingus.

if you say so, i dun did it

it was hard

n=1

Choices are hard?

Yezhov claimed that many of his confessions were obtained under torture

backing the choice with real effort is hard, so yeah

So it's not just a choice.

making the choice with the intent of sticking to it, thats hard

He denied being a spy, conspirator, or terrorist

well its a series of choices

He did say that he killed many people, but justified it that they were enemies of the people

"[There is NO evidence that Ezhov beaten or tortured to get these confessions – only "supposed" by Pavliukov, 527 bot. - GF]"

Yezhov claimed himself that those confessions were given under torture

"When did you become a German spy?

I was recruited in 1930. In Germany, in Königsberg."

"How did you use this NKVD laboratory in your espionage and conspiratorial activities?" asked Rodos, glancing at Kobulov who was sitting beside him.

"ANSWER: I knew that such a laboratory existed and that Iagoda made use of it in his conspiratorial activities."

yes, his confessions of being a spy, according to himself, were confessed through torture

Okay, show me proof that he was tortured, then.

Choice is metaphysical. Only effort leads to realisation. However your conception is based in exploitation.

Where can we find proof that he was tortured? We have to realize his claims of being tortured for information

and if that is true, those claims cannot be trusted

because plenty of people have confessed to witchcraft under torture

I've only seen allegations of torture, but no proof

you must choose to exploit yourself to fulfill your choice

but we don't know if he was tortured

it's impossible to condense further

and people who confess to witchcraft, we too cannot give evidence of specific people being tortured

@OF-8 How can a self-exploiting pursuit leads to self-realisation? It is a contradiction.

@Sorghagtani Beki source it for me

we just know that torture was used to garner confessions out of many people who confessed to witchcraft

It's not the same @Sorghagtani Beki

I havent even seen where Yezhov himself claims he was tortured

if poorly directed, its horrible

Jansen and Petrov, Stalin's Loyal Executioner, p. 187-188.

Witchcraft was a common boogeyman in that era

And there's thousands of examples you can use

Even parts of the culture or writings that explain how they were tortured in detail

We also have evidence of soviet torture methods

if one is constantly awake and aware of the exploitation of the self, one develops a keen multi-dimensional view of their own value

Such as the spanish inquistion's

We're talking about an specific person here