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I am not a subject. I am a citizen
I never considered the distinction between those two nouns until I read Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by Richard Overy. In laying out every detail leading to and encompassing World War II, Overy tells us that the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Blood and Ruins, American citizenship, democracy, despots, Einsatzgruppen, Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom, Hitler, Hungary, MAGA, Pico della Mirandola, Richard Overy, strongmen, subjects and citizens, the Talmud, Third Reich, Thomas Jefferson, World War II
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About despots, Ukraine, Putin and America
I’m a few months behind in my New Yorkers. Today, though, David Remnick, the New Yorker’s editor, linked on Twitter a fascinating conversation he had with a Stalin scholar, Stephen Kotkin. The title of the piece, “The Weakness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Armando Iannucci, autocracies, David Remnick, despotism, despots, Hoover Institution, hot war, Putin, Quisling, Russia, sanctions, Stanford U, Stephen Kotkin, The Death of Stalin, The New Yorker, The Weakness of the Despot", Ukraine
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