An American tourist in Russia
Yesterday we watched the 1970 Sophia Loren wartime drama Sunflower which I had high hopes for, but found myself just as disappointed as the characters in the movie itself. Sunflower is a story about reconciliation, both between people and nations, but meanders to the finish line with no reconciliation at either level. While I was … Read more
Call me biased, but I happen to be a fan of the American system, and time has proven it to be reliable and resilient. However, it has one extremely serious point of failure that has only grown worse with time. I will explain, and use the 1986 American animated film An American Tail to illustrate what I mean.
I read liberal claptrap on social media, and they almost invariably start their blather with “I’m sure Putin won’t use nukes,” and they say it with the absolute confidence of a psychic. Aside from being stupid, it’s not their fault. This is the result of decades of propaganda. Every schoolboy knows about Mutually Assured Destruction. … Read more
It has suddenly occured to me that the Western society has never become truly liberal (i.e. “thinking freely”). It has always been revolving around an accepted, limited set of very rigid conventions. This set could evolve, change, be replaced or modernized, but the system has remained the same. It’s like changing wallpapers in a prison … Read more
The favorite game of the West is divide and conquer. It works at many levels: cultural, ethnic, religious, classist, racial, sexual/gender, etc. I will never believe that the BLM movement was planned and implemented by the US black community. Neither it is the beneficiary. The US liberal Deep State doesn’t care about the LGBTQ+ rights … Read more