Fame, fortune and the rush of being on a moral crusade are a powerful cocktail.
Academia and media have essentially set up an alternative justice system which is currently being misused to settle grudges or for career or financial benefits. Once it’s there though, it can be creatively misused and let loose on all sorts of undesirables. Whistleblowers, people not criticizing Russia hard enough, government critics, etc, etc.
Academia and media have essentially set up an alternative justice system which is currently being misused to settle grudges or for career or financial benefits. Once it’s there though, it can be creatively misused and let loose on all sorts of undesirables. Whistleblowers, people not criticizing Russia hard enough, government critics, etc, etc.