This is so well written and the message is so powerful. I love this line in particular and could apply it to so many aspects of life today:
When who you are and who you talk like are two different personas, in the long term, you stop knowing who is who .
From a very different angle think about all the kids today who live on social media and have to present an image which might be very different than who they are. It is truly unhealthy to be and sound like two different people, and you made the point in the context of Eastern Europe ,and I can only imagine. But the larger point is true elsewhere. Very thought provoking.
Also loved the renaming: preschool kid — you were a motherland’s scout and other examples as well.
Thank you so much, Jill, for this very kind and appreciative comment! Yes, this duplication is universal, that's why the subtitle goes "a (not so) bygone age". It's just that this duplication here was part of a terror system. And the renaming -- I can't claim the credit, because it was the party propaganda that came up with it. Thanks for reading and responding, Jill!
This is so well written and the message is so powerful. I love this line in particular and could apply it to so many aspects of life today:
When who you are and who you talk like are two different personas, in the long term, you stop knowing who is who .
From a very different angle think about all the kids today who live on social media and have to present an image which might be very different than who they are. It is truly unhealthy to be and sound like two different people, and you made the point in the context of Eastern Europe ,and I can only imagine. But the larger point is true elsewhere. Very thought provoking.
Also loved the renaming: preschool kid — you were a motherland’s scout and other examples as well.
Thank you so much, Jill, for this very kind and appreciative comment! Yes, this duplication is universal, that's why the subtitle goes "a (not so) bygone age". It's just that this duplication here was part of a terror system. And the renaming -- I can't claim the credit, because it was the party propaganda that came up with it. Thanks for reading and responding, Jill!