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"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
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
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/…
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