As European history shows, Russia must be defeated for the sake of Russia itself. If Russia is to reform, it must lose its imperial war. Russia can only win by losing. Anyone who cares about Russians should be working for Russia’s defeat in this war.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Europeans were all too willing to accept Russian imperial stereotypes about #Ukraine: that it is not a real country; that it is corrupt by nature; that its people do not know who they are. The war has revealed these errors.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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European #integration was a substitute for #empire. It was chosen not because of wisdom about war in general, but because of #imperial exhaustion.
The standard myth of European integration was never innocent. It made the Russian war against Ukraine more likely.
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The standard myth of European integration was never innocent. It made the Russian war against Ukraine more likely.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Those who lived through the Cold War (Boomers) and still support Trump, should be ashamed.
Those who don’t know the history, might want to brush up on it.
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Those who don’t know the history, might want to brush up on it.
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The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder: 9780525574477 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. “A brilliant analysis of our time.”—Karl...
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March 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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That’s some scary shit - this is what “obeying in advance” looks like. #OnTyranny #TheRoadToUnfreedom
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They made nice with a convicted criminal rapist who was working with Putin (Putin announced it).
THIS IS THE DEFINITION IOF OBEYING IN ADVANCE.
How do we have hope when the media is licking his balls?
THIS IS THE DEFINITION IOF OBEYING IN ADVANCE.
How do we have hope when the media is licking his balls?
‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Reveal They Visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago: ‘Time for a New Approach’
They said they’d agreed with the president-elect to “restart communications.”
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November 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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“When inequality is too great, the truth is too much for the miserable, and too little for the privileged.”
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DEI Spending Banned, Sociology Scrapped in Florida
Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities. #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3U4UNti
Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities. #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3U4UNti
DEI spending banned, sociology scrapped in Florida
Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities.
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January 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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