Max Karpov > Quotes

“All it takes is a catalyst. A match to light a fuse and the United States will go up in flames, much as the Soviet Union did in 1991. The US is just as vulnerable,”
― Max Karpov, The Children's Game

“Russia gains by August 13, the US loses; they were the same story, two ends of a seesaw. A new, more effective means of warfare. Instead of taking lives and destroying property, which was the old way, you won by simply changing what people thought about the United States.”
― Max Karpov, The Children's Game

“The big war that is coming will not involve nuclear weapons. It will be a game that is played in rooms that most people never see.”
― Max Karpov, The Children's Game

“we have a system that shines a light on them and holds people accountable. There are other countries—and to a disturbing degree Russia is chief among them—where that light has been snuffed out. But there’s a more general accountability that comes with that. It’s up to all of us to pay attention. If our democracy is being threatened, the first thing we need to do is recognize that threat.”
― Max Karpov, The Children's Game