Comments on: Least Convincing Contrast Of All Time http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Garland http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19435 Garland Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:54:22 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7709#comment-19435 Oh, got it, thanks. Oh, got it, thanks.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19403 Daniel Larison Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:27:13 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7709#comment-19403 Perhaps I was trying to be too clever with that formulation. By the oligarchs' preferred paper, I meant the WSJ, and the oligarchs to which I was referring are the American ones. Perhaps I was trying to be too clever with that formulation. By the oligarchs’ preferred paper, I meant the WSJ, and the oligarchs to which I was referring are the American ones.

]]> By: Garland http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19402 Garland Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:15:12 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7709#comment-19402 I dont undestand; Kasparov seems to be against the oligarchs when he derides the bailout of them. But he doesnt want to mention that in their preferred paper? I dont undestand; Kasparov seems to be against the oligarchs when he derides the bailout of them. But he doesnt want to mention that in their preferred paper?

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19375 Daniel Larison Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7709#comment-19375 "Peter was a far bigger man than Gary Kasparov." In more ways than one, I think. “Peter was a far bigger man than Gary Kasparov.”

In more ways than one, I think.

]]> By: Grumpy Old Man http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/11/20/least-convincing-contrast-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-19373 Grumpy Old Man Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:09 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7709#comment-19373 A Russian dissident who advocates slavishly aping the West will get nowhere. There is an internaitonal "human rights' constituency that will fawn over such dissidents, but the more fawning occurs, the less popular the dissident will be at home. Any solutions for Russia will have to proceed organically from Russian history and tradition, even if these have to be revived somewhat artificially after the nightmare of Bolshevism. Russia has huge problems, which go far deeper than the politics of the moment. Peter tried aping the West, an experiment that bore some fruit, but ultimately failed. Peter was a far bigger man than Gary Kasparov. A Russian dissident who advocates slavishly aping the West will get nowhere. There is an internaitonal “human rights’ constituency that will fawn over such dissidents, but the more fawning occurs, the less popular the dissident will be at home. Any solutions for Russia will have to proceed organically from Russian history and tradition, even if these have to be revived somewhat artificially after the nightmare of Bolshevism.

Russia has huge problems, which go far deeper than the politics of the moment. Peter tried aping the West, an experiment that bore some fruit, but ultimately failed. Peter was a far bigger man than Gary Kasparov.

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