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The Happiness of All Mankind

The Chernobyl Podcast

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Telling the Truth Will Get You Nothing

Shebina has a moment that i thought was both realistic to someone like him and also profoundly true. I e i've known braver men than you, and when the time came for them to tell the truth, damn the torpedoes, no matter the consequences, they couldn't do it,. This is where you stand up and you go to prison, and your family goes to prison. Telling the truth will get you nothing? Yes, nothing. It will be denied. It will not be disseminated. All it will result in is your punishment. And he's absolutely right. He really did.

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