MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Atlantic: The GOP has become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.
By Orion on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:32pm |URL:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/the-republican-party-is-now-in-its-end-stages/618132/
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your link didn't take, here it is in a tweet, it's by "Radio Free Tom" Nichols (of Lincoln Project); haven't read it yet, but imagine the comparison is to the sclerosis and yes-man-to-proganda-you-don't-really-believe of the old Soviet gang:
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:29am
just discovered why he's prone to thinking that way by looking up his bio. on Lincoln Project
Tom Nichols is an academic specialist on international affairs, currently a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and at the Harvard Extension School. His work focuses on issues involving Russia, nuclear weapons, and national security affairs. He is also author of the book, The Death of Expertise.
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:33am
Talking politics, talking to police
(he assumed comrade lieutenant would make it go away.
Easy to mistake a man flying through your window for a deer.
Even if he left his glasses on your front seat. Some deer don't see so good either. And that flashlight glowing in the dark? Anyone could've missed it...)
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 3:02pm
The key element in comparison is this from Nichols:
No lessons to learn. Nothing to attain but being able to say something has been obtained.
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 3:21pm