A picture is worth a thousand words.

[0] https://cdn8.openculture.com/2017/08/20195126/800px-Soviet_c...

[1] https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/41868a585464d87b...

..That said, what you're saying could be true. I think the truth is that we don't know, and I'm pretty sure we would've felt the same way about the people in the above pictures.