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If you’ve ever wondered why comedians—the very people who are supposed to push boundaries and challenge dogma—would embrace the cozy conformity of wokeness, then allow me to explain: it’s fundamentally about power. It’s not about making people laugh any more, it’s about securing the reins of cultural power, which to a large degree they have already done.

— Konstantin Kisin An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West (2022)

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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

George Carlin, probably the world’s greatest-ever comedian, once said that the comedian’s job is to find the line and then cross it.

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West (2022)

Here’s an idea: why don’t we all stop telling other people how they should refer to themselves and mind our own damn business?

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West (2022)

Put simply, suppression of free speech is a symptom of tyranny.

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West (2022)

Spaces, we are told, must now be made more inclusive in order for them to be healthy. However, on entering such a space, you’ll soon discover that some people are more included than others.

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