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If only Stanislavski could’ve held on for 85 more years he could’ve seen every episode of Succession.

lol yes the rumors are true

“More than anything else, [Viktor] Alksnis wanted to be feared. This was his role, to give a face to intimidation. He wanted the democrats and the independence movements to fear the possibility of violence…Fear, which had been so undercut by five years of reforms, was still the only weapon left to hard-liners. Everything else-ideology, the promise of a shining future-was lost, forgotten.”

Pg. 281: “A middle course in situations like these is almost impossible…In other words, side with the radicals, who you know are right; the Party apparatchiks, the military-industrial complex, are enemies no matter what you do. They will betray you no matter how long you coddle them. Do not delude yourself. But Sakharov could not break through to Gorbachev.”

Damn, there’s a Hinode Beer inside us all.