Lester Golden
Aug 18, 2021

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A previous Spanish Catholic OWHIM ministry wrote to King Ferdinand VII in 1827 after he restored the Inquisition: "lejos de nosotros la funesta mania de pensar (far be it from us the dangerous novelty of thinking)." This movie is an ecumenical rerun of humans' cognitive bias that leads us to overpay for certainty, the latest edition being the theocratic Incel army reoccupying Afghanistan. Talibanistan is a multinational, multi-confessional enterprise, with franchisees from Iraq to Arkansas. 80 years ago and on January 6 the Gott mit Uns crowd nearly won the day. 80 years ago only a Faustian bargain with a Bolshevik bank robber and his mafia with a flag could beat them back for two generations. Sometimes the only choices on history's menu are bad and worse.

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Lester Golden
Lester Golden

Written by Lester Golden

From Latvia & Porto I write to share learning from an academic&business life in 8 languages in 5 countries & seeing fascism die in Portugal&Spain in1974 & 1976.

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