By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ I used to ask myself a question which, though I now know my choice, continues to nibble at me like mice in the basement of my psyche. The question was this: If I had the opportunity to live the life of every human being who ever existed – one by one – would I? I test my memory, twisting road that it … Read the rest
Content 12+ There are things in life we cannot control, forces that shape us long before we have words to resist them. The movement of the stars, the turn of the seasons, the hands of time pressing onward. Politics shifts, economies rise and crumble, leaders come and go, wars ignite and extinguish, yet the world, indifferent and ancient, continues in its rhythm. The tides do not ask our permission, and … Read the rest
Content 21+ Imagine, just for a moment, if world leaders were all inspired by a certain brand of bombastic, larger-than-life rhetoric—a ‘Make Everything Ours Again’ agenda, fueled by nostalgia, bravado, and just a pinch of delusion. What would happen if every country had its own Trump-like figure, standing at a podium, arms waving, declaring their rightful claim to everything from former colonies to random vacation spots? The world … Read the rest
Content 18+ Nations often look to their past with nostalgia, a powerful motivator that, though seemingly benign, can become a trap. The call to “make the nation great again” is one such lure, a phrase that is both alluring and profoundly loaded. Such calls can, paradoxically, contain the seeds of democratic erosion—an erosion which is all the more insidious because it is often achieved through democratic means.
Consider the example … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ Yesterday, I had the pleasure of reading Artem’s article about the relocation of his life from Russia to Hungary. To say the essay was well-written would be a tremendous understatement; the prose was exceptional. It must also have hit a nerve because I noticed that a lot of people responded. Maybe it is emblematic of the dislocated times we live in, all stuck together … Read the rest
