Spring trends: what in the white world can not be at all

It’s hard to write about something that isn’t there. Imagine the article “how to collect a bouquet of cornflowers in Antarctica”. Or “how civil society in Russia defends electoral rights”. Or “Entrepreneurs in the era of the Soviet Union”. No, if you really want words and even meanings, you can choose. Describe individual manifestations that fit very roughly with the terms specified in the title. Even, probably, to draw some conclusions. The reader should not lose sight of the main thing: in Antarctica, it is theoretically possible to collect a bouquet, but rather from mosses and lichens, in Russia, society is extremely reluctant and defends something in small numbers, there were no entrepreneurs in the period between NEP and Perestroika, there were individuals whose thirst for money or adventure led to the implementation of criminal income schemes. Branded long opening sentence is written, cheers. Continue reading →