The Suicide of Liberals
One of the most important articles I've read in a long while is by Gary Saul Morson called "The Suicide of Liberals". It recounts the popular political fashion of the degenerate and nihilistic интеллигенция (intelligentsia) in pre-revolutionary Russia from 1900 to 1917, which mirrors the phenomenon of the progressive "woke" movement in contemporary America. It details the waves of asymmetric politically motivated violence at that time and the opposition to it by famous Russian writers as well as its support by now long since forgotten political propagandists.
It is worth understanding the motivations, strategies, and dire consequences of this pathological political movement in Russia a century ago as it shines a light on our present political situation and consequences that loom before us.
