tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post3159821667281096980..comments2024-03-29T13:08:53.495+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: Civilisation and a civil societyMichael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-65824155927818047562014-03-01T16:19:43.469+01:002014-03-01T16:19:43.469+01:00The sight on the news of those blank-faced, turnip...The sight on the news of those blank-faced, turnip-headed pro-Russians in Crimea refusing to even talk to the British press because it was "an organ of the fascist regimes of western Europe" leads me to believe that this is a story that will not go away for a while, no matter how many billions the EU is willing to squander on bailing out Ukraine.<br /><br />Some people will always prefer the clear-cut certainties offered by a single absolute ruler over the seemingly chaotic, many-headedness of democracy. And they may have a point. In classical Athens in times of crisis it was common to set aside democracy to appoint a single ruler with dictatorial powers who could simply get things done. To an extent this was repeated during WW2 with Churchill in Britain.Sigismundonoreply@blogger.com