"When you repeat, in that wooden and perfunctory way, that our situation is better than others, that we're 'well-placed to weather the storm', I have to tell you that you sound like a Brezhnev-era apparatchik giving the party line"
- Daniel Hannan
About this Quote
In this quote, the speaker is slamming someone for continuously duplicating the concept that their circumstance is much better than others. They describe this repeating as "wooden and perfunctory," indicating it lacks feeling and sincerity. The speaker compares this behavior to that of a Brezhnev-era apparatchik, a member of the Soviet Communist Party throughout the guideline of Leonid Brezhnev. This contrast recommends that the individual is blindly following a party line without truly comprehending or believing in it. The speaker is essentially saying that the person's words are empty and do not have authentic thought or factor to consider.
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