@paulwalker44.bsky.social @feralcommie.bsky.social @colin0reilly.bsky.social @jeramyolmack.com @antifeudalamerica.com @amazonpissjugs.bsky.social I'm convinced 🇺🇸Americans low level literacy skills are a major reason #trump was elected & remains popular among some white Americans. #empireofillusion

Empire of Illusion: Why Gogol Still Haunts the Kremlin When Ukrainian writer Mykola Gogol published Dead Souls in 1842, he set out to sketch the spiritual anatomy of a decaying Russian empire…

In 2025, we’re watching the next act in a performance Gogol already previewed. In this statehood built on fiction and formality, Vladimir #Putin isn’t an outlier. He is the system’s most distilled expression.

#Ukraine #Russia #EmpireofIllusion #SlavaUkraini

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My review of #chrishedges #empireofillusion / #USempire #USpolitics #USApolitics #anticapitalism #anticorporate #anticorporatism #anticapitalist

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#empireofillusion by #chrishedges and #darkagesamerica by #morrisberman are hardcore truth bombs #nonfiction #uspolitics #usempire #americanempire

Some people saw what was happening a long time ago. What ever happened to Chris Hedges? I know he went on to broadcast on RT but Empire of Illusion is so prescient.

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#ChrisLynnHedges
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