"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."
"Nothing that happened in medieval eastern Europe bound future states to make war against each other a thousand years later" My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war" www.ft.com/content/9731...
"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."
So many complaints about society falling apart amount to "the beach is too crowded." Like they're complaining about the noise and traffic and a lack of good spots but it's all downstream of the fact that more people are able to go out and enjoy a beach vs when it was just you
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So many complaints about society falling apart amount to "the beach is too crowded." Like they're complaining about the noise and traffic and a lack of good spots but it's all downstream of the fact that more people are able to go out and enjoy a beach vs when it was just you