Oh, I know they're not. That's what's great. I admire Russian writers. There are no happy endings, and they all know it. But that doesn't stop them from putting one foot in front of the other anyway. Everything always goes to hell, but . . . that doesn't mean you can't enjoy your vodka and your family. That attitude resonates with me.
Кру́пный чино́вник, сби́вший двух челове́к на пешехо́дном перехо́де, спра́шивает судью́:
– Каки́е тепе́рь после́дствия бу́дут?
– Ну, тому́, кто голово́й лобово́е стекло́ проби́л, лет пять за нападе́ние и попы́тку ограбле́ния, а тому́, кто в кусты́ отлете́л, мо́жно и все во́семь – за попы́тку скры́ться с ме́ста происше́ствия.
Three men are sitting in a cell in the (KGB headquarters) Dzerzhinsky Square. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned, who replies, "Because I criticized Karl Radek." The first man responds, "But I am here because I spoke out in favor of Radek!" They turn to the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back, and ask him why he is in jail. He answers, "I'm Karl Radek."
...then what happens? That’s the most important question to be answered. It’s one thing to predict people will behave stupidly. It’s another to predict what happens next. What happens once society reaches a point where the imbeciles are in control and facts, science and reason no longer matter?
Solzhenitsyn's memoir reads like present day. The vilification of "Russian nationalists" from both sides is especially poignant. Moloch came for an entire identity and succeeded in destroying it. Solzhenitsyn watched it happen, then realized what happened, then wrote about it. His realization is perfectly apt. The "Amerikaner" (h/t Yarvin) is next.
Truer words...
I love the Russian sense of humor.
i love that you think they're joking...
Oh, I know they're not. That's what's great. I admire Russian writers. There are no happy endings, and they all know it. But that doesn't stop them from putting one foot in front of the other anyway. Everything always goes to hell, but . . . that doesn't mean you can't enjoy your vodka and your family. That attitude resonates with me.
Кру́пный чино́вник, сби́вший двух челове́к на пешехо́дном перехо́де, спра́шивает судью́:
– Каки́е тепе́рь после́дствия бу́дут?
– Ну, тому́, кто голово́й лобово́е стекло́ проби́л, лет пять за нападе́ние и попы́тку ограбле́ния, а тому́, кто в кусты́ отлете́л, мо́жно и все во́семь – за попы́тку скры́ться с ме́ста происше́ствия.
Three men are sitting in a cell in the (KGB headquarters) Dzerzhinsky Square. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned, who replies, "Because I criticized Karl Radek." The first man responds, "But I am here because I spoke out in favor of Radek!" They turn to the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back, and ask him why he is in jail. He answers, "I'm Karl Radek."
...then what happens? That’s the most important question to be answered. It’s one thing to predict people will behave stupidly. It’s another to predict what happens next. What happens once society reaches a point where the imbeciles are in control and facts, science and reason no longer matter?
I think we are seeing what happens in real time...
Gato was just a Jordan Peterson alt all along? It can't be!
Solzhenitsyn's memoir reads like present day. The vilification of "Russian nationalists" from both sides is especially poignant. Moloch came for an entire identity and succeeded in destroying it. Solzhenitsyn watched it happen, then realized what happened, then wrote about it. His realization is perfectly apt. The "Amerikaner" (h/t Yarvin) is next.