“To outsmart you they thought up work squads—but not squads like the ones outside the camps, where everyone is paid his separate wage. Everything was so arranged in the camp that the prisoners egged one another on. It was like this: either you all got a bit extra or you all croaked. You're loafing you bastard—do you think I'm willing to go hungry just because of you? Put your guts into it, slob.” Soviet UnionStalinismPrisonersGulagPrison CampWork Squad Book:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich