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Sarah Paine is a national treasure and the U.S. are very lucky to have her. Sharing the last bit of her recent interview on why russia lost the (first) Cold War. Very good advise for the American public 👇 “The other point about the Cold War is this: yes, people in the Soviet Union were living miserable lives—largely of their own system’s making. But Americans were actually having a good time. They paid taxes, they funded nuclear weapons, but people were also going to Disneyland, taking trips to Europe, buying houses. Life went on. In fact, Americans and people in Western Europe were living fulfilling lives while essentially waiting for others to get with the program. That’s the lesson: if we’re going to make it through this next Cold War, we need to cooperate with our allies, build institutions, and improve laws. Don’t just burn the house down. We got through the first one, and we can get through this one too—living full, meaningful lives while we wait for Putin or Xi Jinping to come up with something different. But if we squander our strong hand—if we eliminate university funding and destroy the intellectual capital those industries depend on; if we dump our allies for no clear reason and alienate them so they organize without us; if we throw away entire institutions without thinking carefully about what we’re doing—then we become a cooperative adversary to our own decline. At that point, we’re the bozo putting a plastic bag over our own head.”
Бианка105,457 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад
Probably the best explanation of how I feel 100% of the time these days. Also, fantastic delivery by the actor Russell Geoffrey Banks: “The truest words came from Nietzsche when he said that any man who knows too much cannot fit in anywhere. And that’s the curse of awareness. Once you start delving beneath the surface, you realise that this world is not so simple. You begin to notice who people really are and the games they are playing - the fake confidence, the ulterior motives - and you realise that this entire society is built on lies. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. You try to tell people, but they say you are overreacting or that you are crazy. So you stop talking. You keep observing, but you no longer belong. It’s not because you think you are too good for anyone - no, no - it’s because you’ve seen too much, and you know you can’t go back to how things were before. And that awareness isolates you. That’s the price of clarity. The crowds fall away, but at least you’ll know who you are.”
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