Quoted in "He Shut Liquor Stores and Banned Abortion, All for the Glory of Russia/A firebrand governor aims to transform his region into a laboratory for the Kremlin’s reactionary ideals" (NYT)(gift like).
"He" = Georgy Y. Filimonov, "the governor of the northern region of Vologda," who has "vigorously embraced the sort of 'traditional Russian values' espoused by the Kremlin, asserting Vologda as an undistilled bastion of 'Russianness.'"
And here's a quote from Misha Priyemyshev, "a designer who worked on branding for the city before Mr. Filimonov’s arrival": "Everything is very slow here, like in a true swamp. That swamp has a lot of power — the more you move in it, the more it sucks you in."
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The writer probably came up with the metaphorically-upside-down "undistilled" after dithering between "distilled" and "undiluted".
"But while the number of abortions in Vologda has plummeted, women have gone to other regions for the procedure, including a group that sent an angry petition to local officials."
So women who really want abortions are still getting them. And alcoholics can still get their booze. He just reduced the liquor store hours to 2 per day. OMG the horror.
Restricting abortion and binge drinking = Russian values
Unlimited abortion and alcoholism = NYT's values.
I loved that the guy refused to talk to the NYT's reporter. He was smart enough to know that no good would come of it. She would've slanted anything he said and just included what she wanted.
Closing the liquor stores does not sound very Russiany.
I’m confused. Which city was Misha talking about?
That last line explains DC... and higher ed in America today.
A culture taught to hate itself is not long for this world. Non-Westerners watch the West's slow suicide and choose a different path.
Well if it's undistilled in Russia, that's something new and different right there.
"Maybe such freaks should come to power -- those who aren't afraid of anything, who just do things."
I have been thinking the same thing myself, although not in the Russian context. Orange Man good!
"Reactionary" is such an interesting word. It sounds like it's a bad thing, but nine times out of ten, it's just a Lefty saying, "We've pushed normal, everyday, common sense people long enough and hard enough that they've finally paid attention to our stupid bullsh*t and are starting to push back."
The 1960’s pushed the pendulum one way.
It kept swinging.
Now it is going to swing back.
Abortion is the lever the globalists use to control women.
Women are told they have nothing and live in the handmaid’s tale if they can’t kill embryos and chop up and sell baby parts.
Look at how it Ann’s life was wrapped around the axel of abortion.
Are we allowed to question this or are we just going to get REEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! ?
"He Shut Liquor Stores /"He" = Georgy Y. Filimonov, "the governor of the northern region of Vologda," who has "vigorously embraced the sort of 'traditional Russian values' espoused by the Kremlin, asserting Vologda as an undistilled bastion of 'Russianness’”
I’ve always had the impression that Russians preferred their Russianness highly distilled.
People need to understand, "Shut liquor stores" doesn't mean "Close liquor stores". The liquor stores are open. Just for fewer hours.
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