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The seeds of our own destruction

What was once far-fetched is now the daily news

14 May 2022

9:00 AM

14 May 2022

9:00 AM

When it comes to our freedoms, former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, got it right. He believed that people don’t appreciate what they have until it’s gone. ‘Freedom is like that,’ he said. ‘It’s like air.’

There was a time when we cherished our freedoms. We even fought two world wars to preserve them.

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