Young rock band sparked a movement that toppled the totalitarian system in checaslovacia. The state media branded the band members as drug attics, mentally ill extremists and traitors to the country. Many of the citizens had grown tired of living with an ali and they supported the young musicians. People came to realize that not standing up for the freedom of others meant surrendering one's own freedom.
“And the lie has, in fact, led us so far away from a normal society that you cannot even orient yourself any longer; in its dense, gray fog not even one pillar can be seen.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago Lying has always been used for political purposes. Lies cover up corruption, past mistakes and […]
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