The library of the Russian Academy of Science has burned to the ground. 14 million volumes perished in the fire.
“This must have been arson!” N exclaims.
“Oh no,” I say. “Let’s not be so optimistic. What are the chances that somebody in Russia decided to do something, did it, and actually succeeded? I’m sure the barbarians were trying to read but, as always happens with them, fucked it all up.”
O well! It is lucky that fascists don’t need books!!!!
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The dangerous game people play when they call others “fascists” or “colonialists” is the chance that the person labeled as such will say, “Okay, let’s try it! What do I have to lose?”
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You have to fuck up really hard when you want to read and accidentally set 14 million books ablaze.
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All of this crazy oil money that has been floating in the country for a decade could have been used to secure the books in this library and provide anti-fire measures. But it was much more important to spend the money on palace #12 for Putin or an enormous yacht #25 for his crony de jour.
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14 million books? That’s really sad, no matter where in the world it is!
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