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eppur_se_muova

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36. Try googling "wish my neighbor's cow would die" and you'll get many hits on a similar version.

Reply to grantcart (Original post)

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 08:45 AM

Oct 2022

I posted a version some time ago but DU's search function can't locate it -- an unfortunately common experience.

I first read about this in one of Hedrick Smith's books, IIRC.

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Old Russian Parable [View all] grantcart Oct 2022 OP

Or as Colbert often says PlanetBev Oct 2022 #1

That's why USA hit its pinnacle. Shitters, envious of neighbors tear down instead of build together. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #32

+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #35

K&R betsuni Oct 2022 #2

Russia has never been anything but a terrorist state! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #3

I don't know about never mahina Oct 2022 #7

Well at least in modern world history anyway. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #9

Oh you bet. mahina Oct 2022 #13

Amazes me the companies doing business there. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15

Check out American companies doing business with Hitler...plus OnDoutside Oct 2022 #25

Oh I know! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #27

I'll have to look... Been Hearing Prof T Snyder on public radio. Caught some of his tweets etc ty electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #11

You'll recognize him from Rachel Maddow show that's the author of the fabulous book,On Tyrrany mahina Oct 2022 #12

Hmmmm Maybe I did hear him on Rachel's show first I listen to the show electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #19

Oh, yes! ShazzieB Oct 2022 #24

Ive listened to or read some of his cilla4progress Oct 2022 #22

K&R. n/t ms liberty Oct 2022 #4

But you don't shed light on why, grantcart. cilla4progress Oct 2022 #5

Well grantcart Oct 2022 #8

Fascinating - cilla4progress Oct 2022 #20

Interesting analysis burrowowl Oct 2022 #29

"Its loss to Japan in the war of 1905 was the begining of the end ..." speak easy Oct 2022 #31

Great post! Buckeyeblue Oct 2022 #41

Tks grantcart Oct 2022 #44

Bookmarking. This is excellent. AllyCat Oct 2022 #6

Tks grantcart Oct 2022 #38

Moral wasteland. moondust Oct 2022 #10

It's Not every Russian. There have protests, and arrests in Russia against this war electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #14

True. moondust Oct 2022 #17

+1 MustLoveBeagles Oct 2022 #18

Um, I'm an atheist and I don't believe that cilla4progress Oct 2022 #21

I agree. The golden rule doesn't require a god. It's about cohabitation in a meaningful way. Buckeyeblue Oct 2022 #42

Stalin's attempt to stamp out religion did not work. Putin learned from Stalin's mistakes. SunSeeker Oct 2022 #28

He couldn't even stamp it out in his own family. grantcart Oct 2022 #37

Bookmarked MustLoveBeagles Oct 2022 #16

KnR, grantcart Hekate Oct 2022 #23

+1000 Oh Yes! You just explained the blue-wave Oct 2022 #26

"He knows that as Ukraine flourished he would be found wanting." SunSeeker Oct 2022 #30

Exactly RepubliCON and MAGAt reasoning: "he" is against the same people I'm against Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #33

K&R brer cat Oct 2022 #34

Try googling "wish my neighbor's cow would die" and you'll get many hits on a similar version. eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #36

Wow. crickets Oct 2022 #39

That 3auld6phart Oct 2022 #40

Saving their asses during WWII was in our self interest, it made it easier to invade France grantcart Oct 2022 #43

Fascinating thread thank you. yardwork Oct 2022 #45

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Oct 2022 #46