>Solzhenitsyn reminded people that having the right to do something does not make it right. What troubled him most was that elites trivialized the civilizational struggle between freedom and tyranny.
>Under despotism, Solzhenitsyn could readily spot an informant or a self-seeking careerist. In the West, where almost everyone seemed forthright and earnest, he put his faith in people who let him down or took advantage of his inexperience.
Wow this actually hits close to home.
I've certainly been a more naive type, and sadly fallen for the same kind of thing even growing up here.
There are some good people, but I think we're falling apart without enough of them and it is hard to talk about this.
>Under despotism, Solzhenitsyn could readily spot an informant or a self-seeking careerist. In the West, where almost everyone seemed forthright and earnest, he put his faith in people who let him down or took advantage of his inexperience.
Wow this actually hits close to home.
I've certainly been a more naive type, and sadly fallen for the same kind of thing even growing up here.
There are some good people, but I think we're falling apart without enough of them and it is hard to talk about this.