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"Man is created by natural and social forces, and can be "uncreated" by them." - "I can, therefore I am." - "When we are in its power, we do not experience evil as evil, but as a necessity, even as a duty." - "A right that no one recognizes does not mean much."
Simone Weil
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There are not many, but there are among us. We call them "fools" and either shake our heads at them or silently admire them. People for whom responsibility is their own example more than life. Such as Václav Havel or the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.
"The greatest human error is thinking instead of finding out," Weil declared, which is why she interrupted her career as a teacher in 1934 and instead claimed factory drudgery at machines that provided no respite. In short, one has to find out what it is really like, that relentless repetitive robotic process in which man himself eventually becomes a mechanically functioning tool as well. One can theorize without actually experiencing it, but not "really understand" it.
In The Plague, Camus teaches us - and rarely without the exaggerated pathos that might very well be on offer - that, absurd as human suffering is, personal identification with it leads to a greatness that is ultimately as futile as the suffering itself, yet represents the only meaningful path left to the man "surrounded by non-sense."
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The cover of the book seemed to be particularly problematic. The new edition was adorned with a noose wrapped around the first character of the emperor's name, with a large inscription underneath reading "the ruler whose actions brought the dynasty to ruin: he blindly made mistake after mistake, and the harder he tried, the closer the empire came to extinction." (NTD Television / Profimedia)
The analogy between Xi Jinping and an emperor with a tragic fate has multiple dimensions and has been debated among Chinese intellectuals for several years. History has a tendency to repeat itself in various permutations, and the archetypes of the ruler who refuses to listen to legitimate criticism and leads the empire to ruin, or the rejected loyal minister, are among the most common in Chinese dynastic chronicles.
This article originally appeared on the Sinopsis Project website.
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We were surprised by the news that foreign police detained Yevgeny Gerasimenko, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the Russian Federation, at Prague's Václav Havel Airport on Sunday, January 7. Gerasimenko was travelling from the Latvian capital Riga via Prague to Paris. In France, he intended to apply for political asylum. While Latvia allowed him to travel without any problems, he was arrested and imprisoned in Prague.
In his own words, Yevgeny Gerasimenko is being persecuted in Russia for his views and opposition to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian Federation has issued an international arrest warrant for him for alleged serious economic offences. It is a well-known fact that Moscow abuses the institution of arrest warrants to persecute opponents of its views. To put it bluntly, in many cases, Russian international arrest warrants are falsified so that Russia can get back at opponents of the Putin regime and try them for fabricated acts. This is a common Kremlin tactic.
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Of course, the public media was not present (the media silence on the case continues). I sat alone in the public seats with former diplomat Miroslav Belica, PhD, who came to support the prosecutor, Ms Lenka Dubovcova. The young judge, JUDr. David Štamberk PhD, arrived smiling 15 minutes late without apologizing for his late arrival. It was the third hearing in the case. The MFA was represented by a young lawyer Mgr. David Syka. He refused to introduce himself to me in the corridor (see photo on the right), saying that he did not know me (I mention him in Marocco Gate IX - see link below). In the course of further conversation it became clear that he knows me too well. He was quite arrogant at the beginning (he refused to shake my hand during the introduction). After the court hearing was over, he was calmer and did not oppose my arguments anymore.
After my announcement of making an audio recording, the judge paused for a minute, studied the papers (as if looking for the appropriate law) and then asked me to identify myself. A visit was not enough for him, he demanded an ID card (I preferred not to ask for permission to take an illustrative photo). He took over the case, recapitulated the prosecution, and quite quickly, formally, gave his verdict. After receiving it, the plaintiff will, of course, appeal. It was amusing how the judge conferred with one of the jurors, who, upon being addressed, immediately began nodding her head very actively in agreement, while the other nodded only after being heard. The judge never once looked at the applicant during the hearing, or averted his eyes or looked at the papers. It will probably go a long way in the current Czech justice system if it "solves" sensitive cases in this way, reaching too high and where justice comes last.
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Roma also have a great relationship with music, tradition and family. We have deprived them of their freedom, forcibly domesticated them, they have stopped "stealing chickens" and are now collecting social benefits. Everything has its causes and consequences. "Whites" steal from the common invisibly and much more.
Maintaining sanity in our country is becoming increasingly difficult. It's no wonder when 46% of drug users take them to escape reality - the country can go crazy too. JŠ
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