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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In response to a question about the year ahead in a recent seminar, I said I had no hope — that we struggle in politics because it’s our moral duty, not because we calculate there might be, or will be,  a greater benefit than cost in the outcome. Counting of that […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Pejorism is the idea that the world is getting worse so you should prepare yourself, your house, your country, your army. Meliorism — the opposite idea that the world is getting better, that time and history are on your side, etc. — has been so powerful for so long that it […]

by Editor - Friday, December 26th, 2025
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