“Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of mankind by mass myths, which, in the hands of...

“Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of mankind by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorships,” he wrote. Suddenly the Soviet Union’s most decorated physicist became its most prominent dissident.

Tager en halv time at læse. Siger ikke så meget nyt. Atomkrig, fascisme, Stalinisme, korruption, Maoisme, racisme, censur stinker. Så det skal man holde sig fra. Høje skatter og løn efter kompetence løfter godt.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/opinion/andrei-sakharov-essay-soviet-union.html ⟲

Opinion | The Essay That Helped Bring Down the Soviet Union

It championed an idea at grave risk today: that those of us lucky enough to live in open societies should fight for the freedom of those born into closed ones.