▁the ▁Russian ▁revolution aries ▁( na ively ) ▁assumed ▁that ▁once ▁the ▁b our ge ois ▁had ▁been ▁liber ated ▁from ▁his ▁property , ▁and ▁the ▁institutions ▁of ▁capital ism ▁were ▁destroyed , ▁then ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁more ▁need ▁for ▁mask ing ▁anything ▁– ▁society ▁would ▁be ▁open , ▁obvious ▁and ▁transparent , ▁and ▁resol ving ▁psych ological ▁problems ▁would ▁become ▁a ▁purely ▁practical ▁matter ▁( the ▁" re - engine ering ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁soul "). ▁Very ▁simply ▁put , ▁the ▁idea ▁was ▁that ▁" the ▁solution ▁of ▁psych ological ▁problems ▁is ▁commun ism ". ▁However , ▁Raymond ▁A . ▁B auer ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁commun ist ▁susp icion ▁of ▁psych ological ▁research ▁had ▁nothing ▁directly ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁" character ▁mask s " ▁as ▁such , ▁but ▁more ▁with ▁a ▁general ▁re jection ▁of ▁all ▁approaches ▁which ▁were ▁de emed ▁" subject iv ist " ▁and ▁" uns cient ific " ▁in ▁a ▁posit iv ist ▁sense ▁( see ▁posit iv ism ). ▁ ▁The ▁USS R ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁interested ▁in ▁conception s ▁of ▁human ▁nature ▁which ▁facil itated ▁social ▁control ▁by ▁the ▁commun ist ▁party , ▁and ▁from ▁this ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁too , ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁un cons cious ▁was ▁problem atic ▁and ▁a ▁n uis ance : ▁by ▁definition , ▁the ▁un cons cious ▁is ▁something ▁which ▁cannot ▁easily ▁be ▁controlled ▁cons ci ously . ▁However , ▁ps y cho analysis ▁was ▁considered ▁b our ge ois ; ▁this ▁situation ▁began ▁to