Daily Archives: January 13, 2021

“A mere nine years after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia elected a former KGB lieutenant colonel, Vladimir Putin, to the presidency. It was the last meaningful election we ever had. We chose unity and we got dictatorship.”

Posted on January 13, 2021 by jgordon

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“It takes a tremendous amount of work to educate citizens to resist the powerful pull of believing what they already believe, or what others around them believe, or what would make sense of their own previous choices.”

Posted on January 13, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Civilization relies on those who can do this.