A thought is fleeting, it’s trying to escape. Even if you succeed in catching it, it’s not the same thought that you were looking for earlier. That’s why any notion of coherence in our thought process is absurd.
States, in their development, went through many phases – feudal, socialist, capitalist, monarchy, republic, etc. Finally, they reached the last stage of their development – a corrupt state.
Our parents’ generation, living in Eastern Block, was listening to VOA in order to get uncensored news. Their children, living in the West, are doing the same, watching RT and other sources.