"Self determination" has become a mantra in our times. Yet this is roughly a 100-150 year old meme
Originally popularized in early 20th cen by illiberal men like Vladimir Lenin and Woodrow Wilson
Today we have "liberals" mouthing this cliche!
Ironical
Originally popularized in early 20th cen by illiberal men like Vladimir Lenin and Woodrow Wilson
Today we have "liberals" mouthing this cliche!
Ironical
A reminder to all of us to be perennially wary of the tyranny of words and phrases
Never get enslaved by them to the extent that they constrain your thoughts and numb your powers of analysis
Never get enslaved by them to the extent that they constrain your thoughts and numb your powers of analysis
Here's the link to the bilge written by Lenin - which made this meme pretty popular
Quite ironical that this man himself went on to found an empire which ruled over dozens of disgruntled ethnicities from Moscow
marxists.org/archive/lenin/…
Quite ironical that this man himself went on to found an empire which ruled over dozens of disgruntled ethnicities from Moscow
marxists.org/archive/lenin/…
