Robespierre was a utopian who believed in lofty ideals and the possibility of free and just social change. This moral dimension of politics is almost an axiom underlying any discourse about revolution. Yet, his main «civil religion» remained faith in human virtue. That very idealism in politics is so lacking today.

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Two autocrats – and Chairman Xi – talked last week in Beijing about the perception of age (at 70, still boys) and eternal life, which will soon become possible thanks to organ transplants; in any case, living to 150 is not a problem at all. However, in the Russian case, the Constitution will have to be changed once again so that the presidential terms of the current head of state are not limited to 2036 but extend much further in time. But that is definitely not a problem.

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