[OneTerm]

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn had a great deal to say about the depravity of the soviet union and his shock of the west’s decadence. He mentioned, when first in exile in 1974, that the “legal bar” in the west was way too low, much lower than the bar of moral standards. He talked of America’s freedom as being “unbridled.” The press all operated with the same group think. He warned us of these things in his Harvard Speech in 1978.

[dfwgator]

Solzhenitsyn is one of the most brilliant men who ever lived.

I’m glad that now in Russia he is mandatory reading.

He should be mandatory here.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Solzhenitsyn was right. Freedom is not an end in itself. It is a means to a greater end, i.e. the fulfillment of each individual's potential and the potential of their community as a whole.

The United States prides itself on its individualism and freedom. These are great things, but can also be Achilles' heels if taken to extremes.