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  1. Chris Hedges: The Rule of Idiots
    consortiumnews.com/2025/06/11/
    Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The last days of dying…
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  2. Book review #14 for 2024 Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Richly written, well documented, and informative. This book was not just about three hundred years of Russian history. It is also about Russia today and the deeply rooted reality of the bent, if you will, toward the continued existence of the single strong ruler a century after the demise of the Romanov dynasty.
    ☕☕☕☕ review
    #books #romanovs #russianhistory #russia #history @bookstodon @books