Government: A Simple Thing

I see that the Americans are now working toward Russia’s collapse. Of course, one could accept the classical patriotic thought and say that they have always done evil work, that they have always wanted such a collapse, but that is not quite true. Something new has occurred, and I know what it is.

The Americans do not consider our country viable, and they understand that everything is rolling on a somewhat steeper curve downward. They understand that the slope of this curve, as well as the gradual, smooth fading away, give the Chinese a head start. They will have the opportunity to slowly but surely seize power in Eurasia, advance their position in Siberia and the Far East, and thereafter become virtually unstoppable players, capable of taking the world’s main prize. The Americans are terribly afraid of this and think that if this smooth process were to be interrupted, they would have the opportunity to snatch something before the Chinese do. From a practical point of view, this model is the most likely.

It would be better, from a geopolitical point of view as well as from a personal one, for our elites to snarl back rather than to yield. They could shout things like, “We won’t let you across the border.” “You ass! Who won’t you let across? Do you know whom you’re dealing with? With a great power!”

If Michael McFaul becomes the United States ambassador to Russia, then the liberal escalation will intensify, and powers will draw together, especially since McFaul’s chief concern is the organization of this kind of revolution. If McFaul lands here, the “list of bad boys” takes effect, and the elites do not talk back, everything will crash faster. No strong powers will have time to pull together. The collapse could bury everything under its cloud.

My conclusions are as follows. One understands that the Americans will, of course, be busting and robbing to quickly get money by any means necessary here in Russia. It is not a matter of how you pin down American money in Russia but of making sure that it cannot trap you, and that this money, or “bucks” as many of you like to call it, makes its way here in an amount of no less than a quarter trillion dollars. Quickly. Later we will decide what to do with it. That will be the first phase.

Moving on. Since this will only trigger aggression — and when I refer to money, I mean both the stabilization fund and private capital — we must be ready to calmly and judiciously take a series of other steps, which do not include confiscating someone’s investments in Sberbank, but rather dropping missile defense, regrouping the troops, ceasing to fool with the army, restoring what can still be restored, building anew what has been destroyed, changing military doctrine, revising the political system and ending theft.

You see, government is a fairly simple thing. First the “bucks” are returned and hidden here; then it turns out that a government needs to be built. And a government cannot do without a strong army. And a strong army cannot do without a healthy soldier. The young man needs to be educated, and for that he needs teachers. They need to be paid. Technology must be developed. And everything else follows. “I wish you knew the kind of garbage heap wild verses grow on, paying shame no heed,” as one great Russian poetess wrote. It is out of this garbage heap of imported “bucks” that some kind of reality — however imperfect and, in my opinion, not all that decisive — can take off. Because what we have now is anti-reality. It is insanity. As soon as it is established, people really do need to be paid differently, and the income levels, social hierarchy and priorities need to change. Then we will realize that we only have one experience — the Soviet one — and we need to learn to properly use it.