I think the word “controlled” should be replaced by the word “documented”.
When East Germany went out of business and the archives of the Stasi were thrown open, large numbers of people were stunned to discover that those closest to them....spouses, children, close friends and family....had been spying and informing on them for years.
This IS what Communism IS. It’s what it does.
Our electorate had better wake up and get that fact.