Many years ago, during the Soviet era, I said, "well, at at least the Soviets have the good taste to never put on something that looks like the Superbowl Halftime Show". Now that Putin et al are going full-on anti-West, full-on "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality" - i.e. full-on anti-enlightenment rejection of the modern world, we se…
Many years ago, during the Soviet era, I said, "well, at at least the Soviets have the good taste to never put on something that looks like the Superbowl Halftime Show". Now that Putin et al are going full-on anti-West, full-on "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality" - i.e. full-on anti-enlightenment rejection of the modern world, we see something that looks a lot like the Superbowl Halftime Show or "Wrestlemania". As if to say "stick with us and you still be part of exiting, sexy, prosperous modern world" - Not.
Many years ago, during the Soviet era, I said, "well, at at least the Soviets have the good taste to never put on something that looks like the Superbowl Halftime Show". Now that Putin et al are going full-on anti-West, full-on "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality" - i.e. full-on anti-enlightenment rejection of the modern world, we see something that looks a lot like the Superbowl Halftime Show or "Wrestlemania". As if to say "stick with us and you still be part of exiting, sexy, prosperous modern world" - Not.