Active Users:353 Time:15/05/2024 05:19:50 PM
I still think democracy among those insidiously intrusive Western values Russia resists so fiercely Joel Send a noteboard - 14/03/2017 02:37:39 PM

Russia does not have elections: It has coups and/or assassinations, usually AGAINST leaders foolish enough to try "imposing" liberal democratic principles where they are unwelcome, if not outright incomprehensible.

So speculation is interesting, and thorough detailed historical analysis always interesting, but I doubt Kerenskys government had any more hope than the Weimar Republic, and for the same reason, regardless of any particular policy or policies he pursued. In America, we like to cite ourselves as a textbook example of democratic revolution rather than an "exceptional" deviation from the norm, but the reality is a revolt over taxation (or any other government) without representation is only possible in a nation whose residents are culturally conditioned to EXPECT representative government as no more than their due as citizens. Most abuses that prompted our revolt would have been passively accepted without comment virtually anywhere else in the world, as would the British governments repressive response to our protests.

Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.

Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!

LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Reply to message
The February Revolution and Kerensky’s Missed Opportunity - 13/03/2017 09:37:00 PM 678 Views
Fascinating stuff - 13/03/2017 10:52:58 PM 320 Views
Who knows? It could have been worse off. - 13/03/2017 11:37:54 PM 413 Views
What's your opinion on Lenin? - 14/03/2017 02:06:59 AM 356 Views
Lenin. A monster. - 14/03/2017 12:55:18 PM 387 Views
Thanks. I'll ask him too. *NM* - 14/03/2017 03:01:36 PM 186 Views
Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky were all bloodthirsty mass murderers. - 14/03/2017 08:59:06 PM 409 Views
That's fascinating. But give me a book recommendation! - 14/03/2017 09:15:57 PM 322 Views
Start with a general history of Russia - 14/03/2017 10:17:22 PM 433 Views
Excellent. Thank you. It's next on the list. - 15/03/2017 02:11:14 AM 390 Views
Russian history is as depressing as they come. - 15/03/2017 12:08:15 PM 393 Views
Read Figes first, I suppose. - 14/03/2017 10:55:23 PM 347 Views
Thanks, Tom. I've been putting off reading good literature because of my unfamiliarity with Russia. *NM* - 15/03/2017 02:12:10 AM 177 Views
Which books have you put off reading? *NM* - 15/03/2017 12:05:32 PM 164 Views
DEMONS and THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV are the big two. - 15/03/2017 02:58:13 PM 330 Views
You don't necessarily need to know the history. - 15/03/2017 03:15:38 PM 368 Views
I'm always afraid I'm missing something critical, though! - 15/03/2017 03:50:59 PM 320 Views
Annotations are amazing. My eBook version of War and Peace was the same. - 15/03/2017 04:03:59 PM 340 Views
My High School English teacher neglected Russian literature. - 16/03/2017 01:46:29 AM 300 Views
Hmmmm. - 16/03/2017 01:18:14 PM 335 Views
Tolstoy was a reprehensible human being - 15/03/2017 04:02:52 PM 321 Views
I had no idea. I was under the impression he was deeply devout. - 16/03/2017 01:47:43 AM 339 Views
Here's one example: - 16/03/2017 02:06:45 AM 333 Views
Good lord. The man sounds deranged. But that's fascinating! Is there a good biography on him? *NM* - 16/03/2017 07:50:10 AM 166 Views
Pavel Basinsky's bio is best - 16/03/2017 02:46:47 PM 486 Views
Getting it now. Thanks. *NM* - 16/03/2017 11:06:25 PM 169 Views
For what it's worth, I read Lenin & Trotsky as genuine idealists, while Stalin as just a thug - 15/03/2017 11:16:36 AM 376 Views
I think that's entirely incorrect. - 15/03/2017 04:00:54 PM 377 Views
I didn't mean stupid or brutish, I meant more like a mafia don than a statesman - 16/03/2017 12:18:34 PM 285 Views
Well if you want to completely redefine the phrase "just a thug", perhaps you're right - 16/03/2017 02:43:38 PM 328 Views
Good point - 16/03/2017 09:52:29 PM 415 Views
I hear what you're saying, but... - 16/03/2017 11:53:19 PM 345 Views
Attempt at clarification - 17/03/2017 12:55:03 AM 407 Views
Hehehe..."Fuck off" - 19/03/2017 05:23:49 PM 349 Views
Seems kind of nonsensical - 14/03/2017 01:33:49 AM 423 Views
Good reply. - 14/03/2017 12:57:47 PM 403 Views
They weren't really wrong - 14/03/2017 01:30:07 PM 428 Views
I do enjoy historical "what if" situations. - 14/03/2017 01:47:27 AM 348 Views
Hi there. - 14/03/2017 01:02:44 PM 308 Views
I still think democracy among those insidiously intrusive Western values Russia resists so fiercely - 14/03/2017 02:37:39 PM 343 Views
Is it your persistant anti-Russia bias that makes you so dogmatic? - 14/03/2017 02:51:23 PM 341 Views
I have no problem with Russia, only its government - 14/03/2017 03:07:14 PM 364 Views
Really? - 14/03/2017 03:15:10 PM 358 Views
What a terrible article - 14/03/2017 08:04:50 PM 311 Views
I thought you would think this way. - 15/03/2017 12:04:57 PM 396 Views
I can't decide what I think about Evans - 15/03/2017 04:10:05 PM 313 Views

Reply to Message