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“Putini populaarsus Venemaal on tingitud sellest, et ta on andnud Venemaale võimaluse lääneriike häbistada ja naeruvääristada. Putini Venemaal on palju musti laike. On märke selle kohta, et seal püütakse stalinismi kuritegusid kinni mätsida ja kustutada kollektiivsest mälust roimasid, mida ei tohiks unustada.” Okei suht norm antikapitalistlik vend… aga siiski vahepeal tan loll.

America’s business and political classes are proceeding on the premise that they can project American values to the last corner of the earth – without incurring the casualties, or the expense, that usually go with empires. It is a curious presumption, which makes sense only if America’s elites imagine that the United States has somehow exempted itself from the burdens that every imperial power throughout history has

A more cogent objection to universalism is that it is incompatible with the mentality that is needed to sustain an imperial role in the world