The Anna excuse and the arrogance of the state

The wheels of the anti-corruption movement are turning in strange ways. It has to be acknowledged that anti-corruption sentiment was given momentum by the Anna movement. But it looked as if the movement’s dogmatism, political naivety, excessive statism and exaggerated sense of virtue would undermine it. In a certain sense, it has. However, we should not overlook this fact: in the year since the movement began, the political establishment has been close to shameless in using the weaknesses...

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