Contempt
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Back at home, mass disapproval of Putin’s corrupt administration is rapidly turning into open
contempt.
Many new Russians, working like machines 16 hours a day, seven days a week, look at their more relaxed Western counterparts with the
contempt
often found in the tiger economies of Asia.
With his open
contempt
for Russian society – exemplified in his mocking response to widespread demonstrations – as well as his arrogance, readiness to stifle dissent, and fear of competition, Putin has singlehandedly quashed the long-held myth that he himself propagated: personalized power can modernize the country while preserving stability.
We embraced these norms to avoid barbarism; if we want them to be respected, we need unflinching commitments from the great powers, such as a pledge not to support or remain in coalitions with those who hold humanitarian norms in
contempt.
Chinese bloggers, American Tea Party activists, British Europhobes, Egyptian Islamists, Dutch populists, Greek ultra-rightists, and Thai “red shirts” all have one thing in common: hatred of the status quo and
contempt
for their countries’ elites.
Anyone who disagrees is dismissed as an elitist “Remoaner” showing
contempt
for ordinary voters.
It is easy to voice
contempt
of the Dutch government.
Trump’s statements are dripping with
contempt
for the rule of law.
Now we are paying for this self-censorship and
contempt
for professional ethics, as all media abandoned the truth in order to curry favor with the Kremlin.
US President Donald Trump, who does not hide his
contempt
for multilateral rules, is attempting to block its dispute settlement system.
In today’s supposedly free and democratic Russia, however, Solzhenitsyn is idealized for his nationalism and Orthodox messianism, his
contempt
for the West’s supposed decadence, all messages that Putin’s regime proclaims loudly and daily.
The
contempt
that many people have for parasites hides a profound uneasiness about our own role in nature.
If Turkey, a major regional power with an ancient cultural heritage, truly wishes to be welcomed into Europe, to take its rightful place on the world stage, and, indeed, to remain a democracy, its leaders must not hold freedom of the press in
contempt.
Cheney’s influence resulted in the bloody disaster of Iraq, the moral humiliation of Guantanamo, water-boarding and “extraordinary rendition,” the despair of friends and the
contempt
of critics, a full-dress parade of double standards around the globe.
Thus, the Chinese people, the world’s athletes, and a planet hungry for “bread and circuses ” will not be deprived, and China’s rulers will not “get away with murder” in their
contempt
for human rights and international public opinion.
There is a particular irony to a self-proclaimed “Hindu nationalist” like Modi, whose speeches reveal a thinly veiled
contempt
for Muslims, laying claim to the legacy of a Gandhian leader who would never have qualified his Indian nationalism with a religious label.
Yukos Now, Russia's Economy LaterJust as familiarity breeds contempt, success often spawns complacency.
These new threats, just as under the Third Reich, show the same
contempt
for human life and the same aspiration to establish an exclusive dictate over the world.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea, undertaken in open
contempt
of international law, has put European security back at the top of the global agenda, serving as a stark reminder that a free, cooperative, and peaceful Europe – the dream of countless Europeans since the 1950’s – remains a distant prospect.
Their
contempt
for local products extends to health and education: rather than invest in these vital sectors, Africa’s rulers use private overseas healthcare and schools for themselves and their children.
Today’s surging European populists, who hold European values in contempt, cannot be allowed to cause us to miss that opportunity through bigotry and fear mongering.
Former French President Jacques Chirac, with his seeming
contempt
for these new members, is gone.
In particular, President Viktor Yanukovych’s
contempt
for the rule of law has put Ukraine’s relations with the European Union in cold storage, with a comprehensive free-trade and association agreement on hold pending the release of Tymoshenko and other political prisoners.
But we should hope nonetheless that the recognition of its special form of
contempt
for humanity will spread, rather than being lost as a result of its recent successes.
Indeed, it is difficult for anyone to assess not only what Trump would do as President, but also which racial or religious minority, or foreign country, he holds in greatest
contempt.
But it seems that the people whom Trump holds in the greatest
contempt
are his own supporters.
America’s friends and allies around the world need to declare clearly, as Obama has done to the British people, that an isolationist policy characterized by
contempt
for others will only make peace and prosperity harder to achieve.
As a result, the US showed little patience with Japan on the question of Okinawa, and has barely concealed its
contempt
for the DPJ government, feeding popular disappointment with its performance so far.
To the more sober minds in China’s foreign policy establishment, it is better to focus on the existing machinery of the global rules-based system, particularly when the US is demonstrating systematic
contempt
for it.
European leaders also overlooked the cultural
contempt
that the Russian leadership has started to feel for “the same-sex marriage empire” that the EU has become in their eyes.
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