Before the 20th century, the history of the world was taught in the West as a single global story. The key concepts in the Western studies of history were “developed” and “underdeveloped” (countries). The West was mostly developed and the world outside the West mostly underdeveloped. The developed countries, where slavery was only a historic […]
Since the future of our world is likely to be decided by WW3, it may be of interest to predict its outcome. Owing to my obsession with freedom, I emigrated from Russia with my wife, our son, my mother, and several hundred strangers (the purpose of the owners of Russia was to create the fantastic […]
In a democratic country, everyone may have his or her own vision of the country’s political course after the election. Under Lenin, who died (1924) and was buried grandly, there had been no election, since elections are “tricks of bourgeois propaganda.” It was assumed that the “people” had considered Lenin’s power — their power. However, […]