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''Solzhenitsyn knew that the <mark>materialism</mark> that shaped the culture of <mark>both capitalist and communist</mark> societies was ultimately <mark>inhuman</mark> because of its <mark>denial of spiritual values</mark> and because it <mark>led to serious '''environmental degradation'''</mark>.'' | ''Solzhenitsyn knew that the <mark>materialism</mark> that shaped the culture of <mark>both capitalist and communist</mark> societies was ultimately <mark>inhuman</mark> because of its <mark>denial of spiritual values</mark> and because it <mark>led to serious '''environmental degradation'''</mark>.'' | ||
He predicted the downfall of the Soviet Union as early as the 1970s when most so-called “experts” assumed that the Soviet bloc would be part of the global political picture for many decades to come. | He predicted the downfall of the Soviet Union as early as the 1970s when most so-called “experts” assumed that the Soviet bloc would be part of the global political picture for many decades to come. | ||
Even more importantly, Solzhenitsyn <mark>prophesied the unsustainability of global consumerism and the impending catastrophe that awaited a culture hell-bent on hedonism at the expense of human community and the natural environment</mark>. | Even more importantly, Solzhenitsyn <mark>prophesied the '''unsustainability''' of global '''consumerism''' and the impending catastrophe that awaited a culture hell-bent on '''hedonism''' at the expense of '''human community and the natural environment'''</mark>. | ||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://dialektika.org/en/2018/12/10/alexander-solzhenitsyn-quotes-books/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: a contradictory life (and famous quotes)]</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://dialektika.org/en/2018/12/10/alexander-solzhenitsyn-quotes-books/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: a contradictory life (and famous quotes)]</span> |