
Throw-Back Thursday: The Power of the Powerless (Václav Havel)
The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
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Living Within the Truth
The key counterposition of Havell's thought is truth versus lie. Each person must do one or the other, but if enough people choose truth, totalitarianism cannot survive. This is why solshnitzon was expelled by the us. S r - which was constrained from in him the traditional communist solution. He was a witness to living within the truth, not a man with some unique talent or insight. Crucially, this is only indirectly a struggle for power. In fact, the totalitarian system will, in all likelihood, retain all power until its end,. An end havel could not foresee. One result is the formation of such civic, intermediary groups as charter 77.
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