The Future of Russia is Bleak

For Arendt, “consistent lying, metaphorically speaking, pulls the ground from under our feet and provides no other ground on which to stand.” The result of consistent lying is that we come to experience “a trembling wobbling motion of everything we rely on for our sense of direction and reality.”

There are increasing indicators that Russia is embracing a more medieval way of doing business. I mean, going back to an era when citizens were kept ignorant of many things. This post via Ateo Breaking is one of them.

By the way, this refers to university training. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia adopted many of the West’s ways regarding higher education. This included parallel certifications and degrees, meaning you got a bachelor’s, a master’s, and a PhD. This was already abandoned, so a Russian graduate will have more trouble if they move to the West.

The duration of education in the Russian Federation in the coming years may be reduced due to the demands of the times; it must be compressed, Medinsky stated.

“Classical 5–6-year education will become a thing of the past in the next 10 years. Education… will be more…