For what it's worth, not every authoritarian country has remained like China
Tom Send a noteboard - 20/04/2020 09:40:55 PM
In South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and elsewhere, economic liberalization has led to political liberalization after a period of time. It was entirely possible, and for an instant probable, that Beria would be able to implement his reforms, and it is possible that this would have led to a different sort of Soviet Union. But you are right that history doesn't know the subjunctive.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The Death of Stalin (1917)
- 15/04/2020 04:23:47 AM
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(1917) ?
- 15/04/2020 07:02:10 PM
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I think it had a very limited release and has only now come out on Netflix.
- 16/04/2020 06:23:45 PM
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Khrushchev was the worst. Beria was actually the best. And yes, 1917?
- 15/04/2020 07:52:57 PM
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So Nation-State murder is bad
- 16/04/2020 03:31:18 AM
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I don't think anyone doubts Beria was a sexual predator
- 18/04/2020 07:30:32 PM
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Re: Khrushchev was the worst. Beria was actually the best. And yes, 1917?
- 16/04/2020 06:21:14 PM
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I put up with 20 minutes before turning the movie off
- 18/04/2020 07:25:22 PM
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Well, I guess that's just the realism vs targeting the audience issue
- 19/04/2020 04:01:01 AM
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For what it's worth, not every authoritarian country has remained like China
- 20/04/2020 09:40:55 PM
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