Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov (not to be confused with the propagandist of the same name) was a friend of Dostoyevsky’s and inspired one of the characters in The Brothers Karamazov. Unlike Dostoyevsky, though, he wasn’t an anti-Semite. Solovyov was a defender of the rights of the Jews in the Russian empire and even learned Hebrew.
This is how Solovyov (who was a descendant of the famous Ukrainian philosopher Hryhory Skovoroda) described the Russian national character:
Solovyov died in 1900, so it’s not like the crazy behavior we are seeing from the Russians today is new. Ironically, the chief Russian propagandist today has the same name as the philosopher. He dedicated his life to promoting exactly the worldview that his historical namesake described over a century ago.
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Great post! Loved the quote.
Just read those news about Russians suing iPhone for leaving them w/o services they paid for, so started thinking again about the rights and powers of private companies vs users and states:
Š Š Š¾ŃŃŠøŠø ŃŠµŃŠµŠ· ŃŃŠ“ ŠæŠ¾ŃŃŠµŠ±Š¾Š²Š°Š»Šø Š¾Ń Apple Š²ŠµŃŠ½ŃŃŃ Š² ŃŃŃŠ°Š½Ń Š°Š¹ŃŠ¾Š½Ń
https://alexkolos.livejournal.com/4836895.html
I am especially interested since today iPhone or another private company boycotts Russia, tomorrow – Israel.
It’s also another topic for a post / video. š š
Today we may be against Russian behavior and for Russians feeling the results on themselves, but won’t we feel the same on ourselves soon, one way or another?
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I found third ŠŠ»Š°Š“ŠøŠ¼ŠøŃ Š”Š¾Š»Š¾Š²ŃŠµŠ² with descriptions of Putin from Ā«Š„Š°Š“Š¶Šø ŠŃŃŠ°ŃĀ» and from ŠøŃŃŠ¾ŃŠøŠŗ ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠ»ŠøŠ¹ ŠŃŠøŠæŠ¾Š²ŠøŃ ŠŠ»ŃŃŠµŠ²ŃŠŗŠøŠ¹ (originally about ŠøŠ¼ŠæŠµŃŠ°ŃŠ¾ŃŠ° ŠŠøŠŗŠ¾Š»Š°Ń ŠŠµŃŠ²Š¾Š³Š¾) :
https://kontinentusa.com/sukrainit-prichiny-i-sledstviya/
Also, he mentions the new English term ā ukrained, meaning to humiliate, to bring to naught.
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Isn’t the Western world currently plagued by individual citizens of this same mindset acting out in public places?
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Of course. It’s the neoliberal post-nation state. And it sucks bullets. We are behind Russia on this journey but we are catching up, and it’s not good. I say, let’s stop and reconsider.
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