Literature Seemed To Be Everything Then. People

Amin Knew That Neither West Nor East Would Criticize Him For Fear That He Would Support The Other Side. He Felt He Was Untouchable And He Said So Openly.

In A Society Of Little Economic Development, Universal Inactivity Accompanies Universal Poverty. You Survive Not By Struggling Against Nature, Or By Increasing Production, Or By Relentless Labor; Instead You Survive By Expending As Little Energy As Possible, By Striving Constantly To Achieve A State Of Immobility.

He Killed His Enemies Because He Was Afraid They Would Kill Him. Amin Ordered Entire Tribes To Be Put To Death, Because He Feared They Would Rebel.

Although A System May Cease To Exist In The Legal Sense Or As A Structure Of Power, Its Values (or Anti-values), Its Philosophy, Its Teachings Remain In Us. They Rule Our Thinking, Our Conduct, Our Attitude To Others. The Situation Is A Demonic Paradox: We Have Toppled The System But We Still Carry Its Genes.

There Are Several Reasons Why Russians View The Oppressive State Positively. First, In The Russian Orthodox Religion, There Is An Understanding Of Authority As Something Sent By God.