--- Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote: But still relevant today is Amalrik's diagnosis of "the most destructive aspect of Russian psychology" --- an aspect which applies to many other cultures. Amalrik saw around him the common thirst for what was called "justice", by which people really meant "... the desire that 'nobody should live better than I do' ... motivated by hatred of everything that is outstanding ...." As Amalrik also observed, "... many peasants find someone else's success more painful than their own failure. In general, when the average Russian sees that he is living less well than his neighbor, he will concentrate not on trying to do better for himself but rather on trying to bring his neighbor down to his own level."
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What an incredible load of hate-filled crap. Substitute "African" for "Russian" in the above paragraph and see how well it would fly.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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