Word: revolutionize
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THE PSYCHIC MOLD. Historians have long contended that a totalitarian system developed in Russia because its people were too servile to enjoy the blessings of democracy. Anyone who has watched as waves of debate roar through the chamber of the Congress of People's Deputies knows that this is simply...
When such personal convictions are projected onto the entire nation, they give rise to a militant patriotism based on a no-fault Russia. This is expressed today in its most virulent form by the neofascist Pamyat movement, which wants to absolve Russians of responsibility for the horrors of the communist...
Every time a slapdash imitation of something Western goes wrong, the Slavophiles latch on to it as evidence of the danger posed by alien ideas. In their view, the Bolshevik Revolution exactly fits this category. The current fashion for wearing czarist-era uniforms and holding balls for descendants of the...
I learned of the inhumane disparities of world development and standards of living, the problems of World Bank and IMF programs in Africa and the Green Revolution in India in my "Development Economics" course. I also listened to and learned from professors teaching other courses on the ship, ranging from...
The "conservative era" did not spring from Reaganite nostalgia for a mythical American Eden, or from a crass conspiracy of the greedy and heartless, but from international phenomena: the welfare state had grown too gargantuan, too ineffective and had to be cut back; it became clear that economies cannot indefinitely...