An American tourist in Russia
Hi there, I know you missed me a lot (ok, maybe you didn’t). I’ve been recently active on Quora (please, follow here), but I cannot let you miss on my precious content. So here is a potpourri of some longer posts and replies I made there recently and consider worth sharing. Question (original spelling and … 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
I’ve just watched Billy Bob’s last video featuring Ian and I have something to say about Russia, China, India, Lenin and Stalin who were mentioned. I believe there is no such thing as democratic, communist or socialist countries. There are just countries with their unique cultures that have some central, pivotal ideas. For example, the … Read more
Earlier this month we revisited Yerevan, Armenia, for Ian’s visa run. One evening we went to see a show of dancing fountains. You must know what it is: a colorful show when water flows to a tune and their are light effects too. Ian made some ironic comments about too many soundtracks from Hollywood movies … Read more