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Should the U.S. Invade Belarus?

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MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023
Responsibility, not to a superior, but to one’s conscience, the awareness of a duty not exacted by compulsion, the necessity to decide which of the things one values are to be sacrificed to others, and to bear the consequences of one’s own decision, are the very essence of any morals which deserve the name.
– Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom [1944]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 24, 2023
Should the U.S. Invade Belarus?
A couple of days ago, the New York Times published a story about the brutal authoritarian regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus. The article points out that after winning a “widely disputed” election three years ago, Lukashenko has crushed dissent and “ushered in a chilling era of repression.” According to the article, “even the smallest sign of protest can …
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