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==Vladimir Putin on cancel culture==

==Vladimir Putin on cancel culture==

Speaking at the 2022 Valdai Club Conference, Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin said of cancel culture:

Speaking at the 2022 Valdai Club Conference, Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin]] said of cancel culture:

:"The rulers of the West, believing themselves infallible, desire to destroy or cancel those they dislike. When Nazis burn books, the Western guardians of [[liberalism]] and [[progressive|progress]] now ban Dostoyevsky and Tchaikovsky. [[Liberal democracy]] has transformed into something unrecognizable, declaring any alternative viewpoint as [[propaganda]], or a threat. The so-called '[[cancel culture]]' destroys anything that is alive and creative, preventing any freedom of thought in culture, economics, or politics alike.

:"The rulers of the West, believing themselves infallible, desire to destroy or cancel those they dislike. While Nazis burn books, the Western guardians of [[liberalism]] and [[progressive|progress]] now ban Dostoyevsky and Tchaikovsky. [[Liberal democracy]] has transformed into something unrecognizable, declaring any alternative viewpoint as [[propaganda]], or a threat. The so-called '[[cancel culture]]' destroys anything that is alive and creative, preventing any freedom of thought in culture, economics, or politics alike.

:History of course will put everything in its place. The self-conceit of those who seek to cancel is off the charts. But no one will even remember their names in a few years, while [[Dostoyevsky]] and [[Tchaikovsky]] and [[Pushkin]] will endure."

:History of course will put everything in its place. The self-conceit of those who seek to cancel is off the charts. But no one will even remember their names in a few years, while [[Dostoyevsky]] and [[Tchaikovsky]] and [[Pushkin]] will endure."