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My Last Week

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“On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, the first full-scale kinetic battle in the struggle between Autocracy, Inc., and what might loosely be described as the democratic world. Russia plays a special role in the autocratic network, both as the inventor of the modern marriage of kleptocracy and dictatorship and as the country now most aggressively seeking to upend the status quo. The invasion was planned in that spirit. Putin hoped not only to acquire territory, but also to show the world that the old rules of international behavior no longer hold.”

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Book:Autocracy, Inc.
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“Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship." "There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars." "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Nuremberg Diary by Gustave Mark Gilbert”

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Author:Gustav Mark Gilbert
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“After Years Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face of a glacier slid into the sea. An ancient oak fell in the Cumberlands, holding only a handful of leaves, and an old woman scattering corn to her chickens looked up for an instant. At the other side of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times the size of our own sun exploded and vanished, leaving a small green spot on the astronomer's retina as he stood on the great open dome of my heart with no one to tell.”

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Book:Delights and Shadows
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“Я взявся перетрушувати баул і серед хламу витрусив з нього книжку. Це була збірка вибраних віршів Сєрґєя Єсєніна. Тобто якийсь руский, їдучи в Україну вбивати нас, у дуже стислий перелік найнеобхідніших речей, поряд зі штанами й аптечкою, взяв зі собою книжку.”

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Book:Гемінґвей нічого не знає
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“We refer to them only as "the War." This is because one experiencing war cannot fathom that anyone else in history has ever existed in such a heightened state as this. Though we know, through logic and reason and literary documentation, that we are not, in fact, singular--the heart disagrees. No war could be more sanguinary. More storied. Yes this is The War. The only war that ever has been or will be--because it is ours. In this way, war is like love.”

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Book:Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
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