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Cavendish is a veritable metropolis compared to some of the villages in that area (Amsden, Downers Corner, Ascutney). If you're ever in the area, be sure to check out the Brewfest Brewing Corp. in Ludlow for an incredible selection of local VT beer.
Stemwinder & Homestyle Hostel are good dinner/drinks spots in Ludlow.
Cavendish is a veritable metropolis compared to some of the villages in that area (Amsden, Downers Corner, Ascutney). If you're ever in the area, be sure to check out the Brewfest Brewing Corp. in Ludlow for an incredible selection of local VT beer.
It's weird that whenever talking about a remote place with nothing to do, people always recommend a brewery as the highlight.
;)
Breweries are God's/Cosmos' gift to us mortal, fallible, sinful men.
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In fact, Solzhenitsyn's views can be described as Chernosotenstvo (Black Hundred) - a form of ultra-nationalism and xenophobia similar to that practiced by members of KKK. I never understood his appeal to people who thought of themselves as liberals and humanists.
The way I understand it, is that the Cold War was actually a War, although we forget about it, but the propaganda arms of the governments did not allow anyone to be a human being, you must be either a heroic figure or a villain. Maybe it is human nature to idealize, and in conflict to hyper-idealize. The thing we also don't hear about, is his book "Two hundred years together", which IIRC was never even translated bec…
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The way I understand it, is that the Cold War was actually a War, although we forget about it, but the propaganda arms of the governments did not allow anyone to be a human being, you must be either a heroic figure or a villain. Maybe it is human nature to idealize, and in conflict to hyper-idealize. The thing we also don't hear about, is his book "Two hundred years together", which IIRC was never even translated bec…
Minor correction - "Two Hundred Years Together" was never (edit: officially) translated into English; but was translated into French and German at the least.
There is no attribution on the translation, either.
"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Writing the Red Wheel in Vermont" https://youtu.be/coSJeHcdmgs
I am sure I was not the only person here who chuckled at the last bit from this article: > While there, he completed three volumes of The Red Wheel, and prepared his famous commencement address, given at Harvard in 1978. In it, he excoriated the West, and, in particular, America, for its godlessness, materialism, and weakness of spirit. One hopes that after his time in Cavendish, Solzhenitsyn would have changed that…
Thought experiment. Would S. be supportive of Russia and Putin in 2018?
Many/most Russians would make that bargain, those that would not, have left. Some of those who left would still have Russia ruled by a semi-dictator than see it fall apart at the hands of a caring but ineffective leader.
Cavendish is a veritable metropolis compared to some of the villages in that area (Amsden, Downers Corner, Ascutney). If you're ever in the area, be sure to check out the Brewfest Brewing Corp. in Ludlow for an incredible selection of local VT beer.
It's weird that whenever talking about a remote place with nothing to do, people always recommend a brewery as the highlight.
Its a reminder to focus on individuals and ideas and how we treat them and avoid defaulting to guilt by ostensible association.
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Thought experiment. Would S. be supportive of Russia and Putin in 2018?
I would say yes. Most Russians want to see Russia succeed. For historical reasons a strongman or strongwoman have been necessary to keep the country together. Many/most Russians would make that bargain, those that would not, have left. Some of those who left would still have Russia ruled by a semi-dictator than see it fall apart at the hands of a caring but ineffective leader.
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Thought experiment. Would S. be supportive of Russia and Putin in 2018?
I would say yes. Most Russians want to see Russia succeed. For historical reasons a strongman or strongwoman have been necessary to keep the country together. Many/most Russians would make that bargain, those that would not, have left. Some of those who left would still have Russia ruled by a semi-dictator than see it fall apart at the hands of a caring but ineffective leader.
At the very least I think we can say that many HAVE made that bargain. They know.