Book: Tellurium

Waiting for the realization of children's dreams always involves a feeling of collapse, and from him as from collapsing in the scroll of the sky of the Apocalypse, no escape. Alas, all of us always carry our little pocket Apocalypse.

The nomads defeated the Europeans utterly. Europe lay before them. But they are not included even in Budapest. Having spent some time under its walls, they turned around and went back to the Russian steppes. For some reason, the army of Batu Khan did not go to Europe, not conquered it? The Mongol explained it this way: our horses will be closely in European cities. Born in the vast steppes, they feel insecure on the streets. Urban space was incomprehensible. Therefore, it is impossible to conquer and to try to possess what you do not understand. Attempts the conquest of the Russian steppes the Europeans demonstrate the syndrome, the opposite of claustrophobia - agoraphobia. It felt Napoleon's army and Hitler moving East. Endless space frightened Europeans. They didn't understand how you can master these steppes, how can they be civilize and to civilize. Therefore, it was defeated.

But to visit in the 37th year, if I were in the Soviet Union, still had.

You listen to me! Post-Soviet rulers, feeling, so to speak, close kirdyk, threw the popular cry: look for the national idea! Announced a competition, gathered scholars, scientists, writers - have we, dear, the national idea! Almost from the tinyscope searched ideological corners: where, where is our national idea?! Fools, they did not understand that the national idea is not a treasure in the seven seals, not the formula, not the vaccine, which can vaccinate the patient population overnight! The national idea, if it is, lives in every human state, from the janitor to the banker. And if it is not, but its trying to find - then such a state is doomed!