In ancient times, it took the Jews forty years to mentally overcome slavery and enter the Promised Land. How long will it take us to overcome the Soviet past?

#AlexanderMen #AlexanderSolzhenitsyn #AndreiSakharov #Bible #BorisYeltsin #Germany #state #democracy #Jews #WestandEast #ImmanuelKant #KoradAstiauer #Nazism #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #Orthodoxy #slavery #reformsinRussia #freedom #ThirdReich

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Last week, the «Russian Volunteer Corps» finally published its program and ideological doctrine. «Finally»—because this nationalist formation, which switched sides to Ukraine in February 2022, has long called on the Russian opposition to unite. Of course, by default—under the banners of the RVC. In short, hopes for a proper evolution of Russian nationalists have not come true.

#WarinUkraine #demography #democracy #discussion #Institute #ideology #Nazism #new #opposition #rightandleft #reformsofthe1990s #Russia #Russiannationalists #Russianmilitarycorps #ThirdReich #LaborandCapital #fascism

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Of course, technologies are not yet capable of fully replacing the charisma and intellect of a real person. Even the richest and most powerful are mortal. But what seemed like science fiction in the 20th century (cryogenically frozen «leaders,» endless organ transplants, supercomputers making state decisions) is gradually taking shape as a scientific project in the 21st century. Authoritarian immortality is now not only a metaphor but also a goal that commands significant resources.

#autocrats #immortality #biotechnology #VladimirPutin #state #dictatorship #China #Nazis #Russia #XiJinping #aging #ThirdReich #futurology

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