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Thanks for posting that. I read Gulag a couple of years ago; won't be doing that again anytime soon! But in smaller doses, Solzhenitsyn should be read and re-read frequently.
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Ha great citation here! I actually linked this essay in the “Do you like liars?” thread in last week or so.
Great minds!
The bottom line that Solzhenitsyn demonstrates and that I keep reminding my kids is that ONE MAN speaking truth in a culture of lies can catalyze positive change.
Thanks for tossing this up!
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Excellent and timely. Thanks for sharing. Don't contribute to, support, or in anyway help propagate the lies of the Left/NWO mongers. Amen,
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To lie to an honest man is tantamount to abandoning your own soul.
To lie to a liar (or .GOV) is no sin whatsoever.
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To lie to an honest man is tantamount to abandoning your own soul.
To lie to a liar (or .GOV) is no sin whatsoever.
Not necessarily. Government: "Do you agree that Lia Thomas is a woman?" You (lying to .GOV to avoid arrest): "Yes." You have just abandoned your soul. This is precisely what Solzhenitsyn was against.
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To lie to an honest man is tantamount to abandoning your own soul.
To lie to a liar (or .GOV) is no sin whatsoever.
Not necessarily. Government: "Do you agree that Lia Thomas is a woman?" You (lying to .GOV to avoid arrest): "Yes." You have just abandoned your soul. This is precisely what Solzhenitsyn was against. EXACTLY To participate in the lie is to participate with n the destruction of all that is good in the world, and to make yourself responsible for the hell that is coming.
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Thanks for posting that oldtrapper.
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I read several things by Solzenitzen way back including the Gulag Archipelago and I found his writing tedious and difficult to follow at times, but the information he was able to put into words made it hard to put down...
However, in later years after he emigrated to the US after basically being considered persona non grata in the USSR, he wrote a bit about how poorly the US was run and continued to criticize just about everything about the US for many years after moving here... I was never quite sure where he stood except I had heard that some of his rantings were due to his advanced age at the time and the fact he felt he was treated poorly by the US during his emigration process and subsequent resettling... But then, wondering how the mind of a guy like Solhenitzen works is sometimes intriguing at any time... he had brass balls , I'll give him that...
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I read several things by Solzenitzen way back including the Gulag Archipelago and I found his writing tedious and difficult to follow at times, but the information he was able to put into words made it hard to put down...
However, in later years after he emigrated to the US after basically being considered persona non grata in the USSR, he wrote a bit about how poorly the US was run and continued to criticize just about everything about the US for many years after moving here... I was never quite sure where he stood except I had heard that some of his rantings were due to his advanced age at the time and the fact he felt he was treated poorly by the US during his emigration process and subsequent resettling... But then, wondering how the mind of a guy like Solhenitzen works is sometimes intriguing at any time... he had brass balls , I'll give him that...
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And unknown to the common citizen was how infested our .gov was with communists, marxists and one world government types even in the 70’s. Maybe he saw that.
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Give "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" a read sometime. Powerful short book that portrays life in a Soviet gulag. Much more readable (dare I say "entertaining") than "Gulag Archipelago". Probably a pretty accurate portrayal of "Vlad the Impaler" Putin's current prisons east of the Urals.
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Ha great citation here! I actually linked this essay in the “Do you like liars?” thread in last week or so.
Great minds!
The bottom line that Solzhenitsyn demonstrates and that I keep reminding my kids is that ONE MAN speaking truth in a culture of lies can catalyze positive change.
Thanks for tossing this up! What changed in Russia with a KGB dictator at the helm? A pretty thought, though.
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Give "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" a read sometime. Powerful short book that portrays life in a Soviet gulag. Much more readable (dare I say "entertaining") than "Gulag Archipelago". Probably a pretty accurate portrayal of "Vlad the Impaler" Putin's current prisons east of the Urals. I have to second this book recommendation. It's an eye opener in a small package.
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Day in the Life by Aleks made the Soviet threat real to me. You notice how gun people are so often framed as nuts? Dialectic, comrades.
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Give "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" a read sometime. Powerful short book that portrays life in a Soviet gulag. Much more readable (dare I say "entertaining") than "Gulag Archipelago". Probably a pretty accurate portrayal of "Vlad the Impaler" Putin's current prisons east of the Urals. I read that right after the Gulag Archipelago and it was an eye opener for sure. There is also a book called "American in the Gulag" that is interesting to read and gave a slightly different slant on life in a gulag.... there were a couple others Solzhenitzen wrote that I read way back and I can't remember the titles at the moment...
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Give "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" a read sometime. Powerful short book that portrays life in a Soviet gulag. Much more readable (dare I say "entertaining") than "Gulag Archipelago". Probably a pretty accurate portrayal of "Vlad the Impaler" Putin's current prisons east of the Urals. The movie (the one with Tom Courtney) is equally grim.
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Ha great citation here! I actually linked this essay in the “Do you like liars?” thread in last week or so.
Great minds!
The bottom line that Solzhenitsyn demonstrates and that I keep reminding my kids is that ONE MAN speaking truth in a culture of lies can catalyze positive change.
Thanks for tossing this up! What changed in Russia with a KGB dictator at the helm? A pretty thought, though. Am I to understand that you see no difference between the situation today with Eastern Europe free (several of those nations could teach us a thing or two about statehood if we could drop the pretense of superiority long enough to listen) and Russia lead by oligarchs and barely able to threaten its neighbors vs what we had in the Cold War? I know you’re obtuse but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you recognize a difference but are confused by the current situation and unable to see beyond it.
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Give "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" a read sometime. Powerful short book that portrays life in a Soviet gulag. Much more readable (dare I say "entertaining") than "Gulag Archipelago". Probably a pretty accurate portrayal of "Vlad the Impaler" Putin's current prisons east of the Urals. I have to second this book recommendation. It's an eye opener in a small package. Same here. +p.
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