Civil life is poisoned by lies. Presumption of guilt is a guiding principle. Two hundred thousand different instructions tell a person that he is a potential villain. One has to prove integrity with references and certificates. Conformism is seen as a sign of trustworthiness. Socialism has cut itself off from a way forward and started moving backward toward feudalism and in some places . . . descended into slavery. . . . For thousands of years we have been ruled by people and not by laws. . . . What we are talking about is not the dismantling of Stalinism but a replacement of a
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