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Peasantry: From Rural Roots to Urban Consequences
After coming together and working with enough peasants from different nations, I started writing this piece while thinking: why shouldn’t I criticize these peasants mercilessly? Actually, my starting point was a sign hanging in the forest where I walk during work breaks. It said: “We do not want wind panels in our homeland.” I was…
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The Banality of Evil
I was not born into a life. I did not grow up running through meadows, enjoying fresh air. My fate was written from the beginning; I did not even have a chance to choose. I came into the world for a task, and I will complete it and return. My first memory is my mother.…
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From Tension to War: Understanding Historical Patterns
Today I feel like being a doom prophet. There is a YouTube page called https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreatWar . It is an excellent channel. It explains the First World War week by week. How events developed, what the attitude of countries was. I definitely recommend it because we usually see the event only from our own perspective, and…
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Women and Others
I struggle to understand the world. Not only the news, but also daily life. The more I look at society, the more I feel that many of the world’s problems come from one old structure: cultures built around men, around physical power, around the idea that strength gives legitimacy. When people talk about war, they…
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Character Building
Another day when I chose to be alone. The weather is too gray for socializing. My head can no longer take people in, but I cannot stay away from people either. I ended up in the café on the corner near home. Spring is about to end, but summer is not coming either. It showed…
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End of Life
Scientists divide possible end-of-the-world scenarios into two categories: natural causes and human-made causes. Who even researches this stuff, by the way? I wish we were that kind of scientist. Devoting our lives to speculation. Neither wars would bother us, nor the economy. I wonder if it makes you paranoid? Throughout human history, apocalypse scenarios usually…
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