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  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>
Despite being regarded as one of the symbols of the condemnation of Stalinist totalitarianism, there is also in the vast work of Solzhenitsyn moments of criticism against Western democracy.
There is also his famous speech at Harvard on June 8, 1978. There he defines his ideas on the development of the West about culture, philosophy, politics and specific cases such as the so-called Third World:
In that speech [at Harvard], he criticizes the two central contending systems during the Cold War: Communism and Western Capitalism. His argument centers on what he calls “despiritualized and irreligious humanistic consciousness.” The problem, according to Solzhenitsyn, lies in the predominance of these forces at the base of all modern societies.


[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/28/opinion/to-tame-savage-capitalism.html To Tame Savage Capitalism] Nov 28, 1993
[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/28/opinion/to-tame-savage-capitalism.html To Tame Savage Capitalism] Nov 28, 1993
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Solzhenitsyn, the West, and the New Russian Nationalism
Solzhenitsyn, the West, and the New Russian Nationalism
[https://dialektika.org/en/2018/12/10/alexander-solzhenitsyn-quotes-books/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: a contradictory life (and famous quotes)]
Despite being regarded as one of the symbols of the condemnation of Stalinist totalitarianism, there is also in the vast work of Solzhenitsyn moments of criticism against Western democracy.
There is also his famous speech at Harvard on June 8, 1978. There he defines his ideas on the development of the West about culture, philosophy, politics and specific cases such as the so-called Third World:
In that speech [at Harvard], he criticizes the two central contending systems during the Cold War: Communism and Western Capitalism. His argument centers on what he calls “despiritualized and irreligious humanistic consciousness.” The problem, according to Solzhenitsyn, lies in the predominance of these forces at the base of all modern societies.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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