Masha Gessen

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Abstracted hatred is incredibly potent. There's never the risk of having it challenged by the reality of living human beings.

Masha Gessen
hatred , incredibly , never
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Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority - not the capture of moral high ground.

Masha Gessen
autocratic , power , requires
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Dictators fall when they're overconfident; they stay in power when they're paranoid.

Masha Gessen
dictators , fall , stay
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Fact checking Donald Trump is a really... It is kind of fun but it is ungratifying because nothing checks out.

Masha Gessen
fact , checking , donald
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Hate has a great unifying potential.

Masha Gessen
hate , great , unifying
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I do a very good impersonation of an American - I went to high school here - but I've spent most of my life in Russia.

Masha Gessen
very , good , american
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I have a little hope that the nuclear holocaust doesn't happen.

Masha Gessen
little , hope , nuclear
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I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.

Masha Gessen
think , donald , trump
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I think Putin's popularity was genuine when he first came to power. He was seen as a welcome relief from the Yeltsin era.

Masha Gessen
think , popularity , genuine
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I think that Russian meddling in the election is an important issue.

Masha Gessen
think , russian , meddling
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I was a political journalist for a long time. I wrote a book about Putin. I made all kinds of trouble.

Masha Gessen
political , journalist , long
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I would not attribute any strategic thinking to Trump.

Masha Gessen
attribute , any , strategic
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I've learned over the years to hear what Putin is railing against in his own railing way.

Masha Gessen
learned , over , years
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In war you're either a collaborator or you're a resistor. I mean you don't get to be neutral.

Masha Gessen
war , either , collaborator
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Incomprehensible messaging is a very important part of Russian propaganda.

Masha Gessen
incomprehensible , messaging , very