I was too old for this. By the summer of 2021, I had had enough of conversations, public or private, about my possible prejudices, fears, visa status, perceived espionage activities, understanding of Karl Marx, and supposed similarities with various apologists for various atrocities throughout modern history.

Interesting piece. I’m glad we got out of Chynar when we did (July 2015). We lived there during a golden age, in hindsight, before the rise of the New Authoritarianism, a.k.a., Mao With Money.