@bennyjohnson When leaders decide which questions are “allowed,” they are deciding which truths are allowed.
The issue is no longer the answer, but the right to ask.
Attacking questioning = erosion of press freedom
@martinez_clips Because people were black it was so obviously it was slavery. Slavery between same colour people don’t show that easily.
The Arabic slavery for example.
@tihondvoreklmn@ConciousLabRat Oh France, so why are you all enjoying European standard and lifestyle?
Isn’t it good for you in Russia?
That’s the truth. Nobody wants to live there.
@KrulovaL2@Stainis@ConciousLabRat Нет никаких украинцев, все основали скандинавы.
Этот, например, пропустил сегодня свою дневную дозу пентобарбитала..
https://t.co/G91Dg3CO4p
@ConciousLabRat Wasn’t the Russians. Was other more intellectuals. Russians bend for dictators, they are very easy to enslave.
No real own will. They need someone to tell them what to think and what to do.
@ConciousLabRat Moscow’s rise required the destruction of its neighbors:
When the rival city of Tver revolted in 1327, Ivan I of Moscow willingly led a joint Mongol-Muscovite army to crush Tver. The city was brutally sacked, its people massacred, and its political power permanently broke
@ConciousLabRat Oligarchs even then: To satisfy the Mongol Khans and enrich themselves, Muscovite tax collectors extracted heavy, uncompromising tribute (dan) from the peasants.