The phrase “it’s better to be lucky than good” must be one of the most ridiculous homilies ever uttered. In nearly any competitive endeavor, you have to be damned good before luck can be of any use to you at all.
The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won’t forget about them when it’s convenient.
Somehow, people always forget that it’s much easier to install a dictator than to remove one
One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one’s enemies
Dictators seem to learn from history much better than democrats
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights
One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren’t forced to choose between malice and incompetence.
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
There are many facts showing that Putin’s people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that’s why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.