Thinking People vs. Philistines: Putin’s Worldview vs. Trump’s
Decoding the historical and literary meaning of “philistine” and what it reveals about the worldview of modern leaders like Putin and Trump.
This video is on substack. From Eric’s years of Zen practice and years of being a monk, the presentation is really gentle. With the avalanche of harsh hatred coming out of the United States, this form of gentleness is very welcome. (The drunk guy that he is talking about is of course Yeltsin and not Putin – It was just an error in speaking).
https://ericarnow.substack.com/p/thinking-people-vs-philistines-putins
There is an auto generated transcript on the substack page.
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