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Putin as Historical Blemish

Post author By G
Post date Jun 29, 2022
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I remember a phrase from Marcus Aurelius in which he asserted that the worst thing a person could do is to make themselves and their lives a kind of blemish upon the world. I have been thinking about this in terms of Vladimir Putin. He is certainly inflicting great savagery and brutal abhorrence upon the […]

Tags corruption, criminal, deception, dictator, fear, history, Invasion, liar, lie, Marcus Aurelius, memory, oppression, ozymandias, Putin, Russia, shameless, sorrow, Thanos, thief, ukraine, war

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Political Illusions

A magician is someone pretends not to have what they have: a trick, a method, a sleight of hand or some sophisticated logical ploy intended to deceive an audience. A charlatan is someone who pretends to have what they do not: competency, knowledge, skill, authority or substantive and sufficient intellect for whatever masquerade they seek […]

Tags Complexity, conflict, fact, facts, history, ideology, leader, leadership, liar, magic, magician, nations, Peace, political, pretence, pretend, truth, war