the national idea [Theme] Page 1

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!

The term "national idea" has no clear scientific content. We agree that it is - once a popular idea, the idea of the desired way of life in the country, owning its population. Such a unifying idea and concept can be useful, but should never be artificially penned in a position of power or forcefully implemented.
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When the discussion on "national idea" pretty quickly arose in postcommunistic Russia, I was trying to cool her objection that, after all we have had a grueling loss to us for long time enough the task of Saving the dying people.

The conclusion is that the national idea is formulated, implemented and succeeding where really bad. Crisis, state collapse, genocide, and civil war its area. There it is appropriate. Helps to shovel. Save. Gives guidance. Is the guiding milestone.

National idea - it is dope. As a tobacco smoker. As vodka is to an alcoholic. Like opium for the addict. In moderately severe cases. In heavy drugs like heroin. Death is guaranteed, fast and painful. But coming back to her. And no strength to give it up. Not because it is good, it is bad.

I said I don't need any national ideas. You know? I do not need neither an aesthetic nor a moral basis for loving your mother or to remember father...

Ah, this damn language! He never brought good to anyone... at least anyone of a British citizen. However, we also have the French to speak among themselves in some language.

Ideas is neither Russian, nor Belarusian. When something should be called "Russian idea" or something else, this is clearly not the idea. If that was the idea, had no name.

Every nation has its own great national idea, the same idea of world domination. Only in Russian - another, diametrically opposite: to prevent the implementation of the great national ideas of the rest of the world!

For the sake of righteous ideas Russian people are happy to work, even while in custody, and then they do not feel the prisoners - they find freedom.

Here the question is: can Russia be a great power or not. And our country is such that if she had the greatness to take away, and Russia will remain. Dust one. We're not state, we the idea.

By the way, about the national idea. Its Cossacks a long time ago invented. You know what? And here: to our family was not the translation! And that's all. Nothing else.

Our old Russian tradition was built around what had nothing except language, which was the understanding of the nothing. Something similar was done by the Jews, but they named it the void God and was able to profitably sell its peoples smart. And we?
We tried to sell humanity is the absence of God. From a metaphysical point of view is much steeper, and at first did well - so our people once was considered mystical opponents. But if God can put a national stamp, how to put it on what is not? From here and an ancient civilizational crisis of my ancestors, identity issues and low self-esteem, constantly leading to the dominance of the Church and the bureaucratic obscurantism and anal tyranny.

But that's what it means to be "Russian"?
To drive a German car, watch Asian porn, pay us money, believe in the Jewish God, to quote French discorporeal, proud to distance themselves from the "thieves in power" - and all the while trying to steal something, at least in digital form. In short, the heart of the world and a universal synthesis of all cultures.

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