The world is full of graveyards of people who decided they would not live on their knees.
Vad thankfully I live in a place where I am permitted to enjoy both basic human necesities, food and liberty. I would chose that always over the ussr where you were permited to have one or the other, but never both.
The only reason I can think of to have food in a country where there is no freedom of speech is if one has a hope of leaving such a prison. If there is no hope of ever leaving, it's better just to be dead.
"Get busy living, or get busy dying"