Elliott, I haven't read Levitsky or Pauline Mayer. I will, thank you. I have been reading David Graeber's The Dawn of Everything and Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry For The Future and just finished Michael Lewis' Boomerang. All three have insights into the current state of both the United States and the northern tier, including Russia. The lessons I take are that both Russians and Westerners are individualistic, and don't teach or practice citizening. And that FDR was right: https://tinyurl.com/2p89seae .
Elliott, I haven't read Levitsky or Pauline Mayer. I will, thank you. I have been reading David Graeber's The Dawn of Everything and Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry For The Future and just finished Michael Lewis' Boomerang. All three have insights into the current state of both the United States and the northern tier, including Russia. The lessons I take are that both Russians and Westerners are individualistic, and don't teach or practice citizening. And that FDR was right: https://tinyurl.com/2p89seae .