If people are hit over the head with a stick every time they express a thought that displeases the regime, they’ll eventually stop voicing such thoughts. But if the beatings go on long enough, they’ll stop generating those thoughts altogether. In Russia, this beating has gone on for centuries. The capacity to think has been thoroughly beaten out of the Russian population.
In place of forming their own thoughts, Russians now memorize sounds emitted by the television so they can repeat them later if needed. A media diet like this is prone to severe brain damage — which may explain why so many russians obediently lay their lives to the feet of their mad dictator.
As a result, those still watching state propaganda can only be described as complete idiots with chicken-sized brains. According to independent polls, over 70% of Russians support Putin’s regime and the war in Ukraine. Another 75% endorse the idea of invading countries sympathetic to Ukraine. And this is after a year of war, after the world has witnessed what these beasts do to innocent civilians.
One can argue endlessly about the virtues and flaws of the Russian people—about Ivan the Terrible and the Oprichnina, about Stalin the monster and Nicholas II the fool. About the Gulag, collectivization, the Holodomor, and countless other regime atrocities. One can say it’s the fault of the KGB and its ilk. But one fact remains: the Russian is a feebleminded, spineless coward who has always trembled before authority, whatever shape it may take.
More seriously, the Russian fears independent thought—because thinking would lead to two inevitable realizations:
- That they live under a criminal regime.
- That they have done nothing to change it.
Thus, the Russian people bear collective responsibility for the actions of their “legitimately” elected government. It is they who are to blame for that government’s existence—because that government is made up of Russians, and the power that governs them is nothing more than the direct manifestation of their collective will. In other words, Russia’s leadership is the waste product of its own population.
Signs of Fragmentation
Still, signs are emerging that Russia may be approaching collapse. A recent online referendum proposed independence for five regions of the Russian Federation. Representatives from Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Ingria (St. Petersburg), the Urals (Yekaterinburg), Siberia (Novosibirsk), and Kuban (Krasnodar) expressed their desire for territorial, political, and economic separation from Moscow.
The initiative’s organizers believe that escaping Moscow’s control would bring economic prosperity, cultural preservation, and a chance to stop being used as cannon fodder in the many armed conflicts Moscow has unleashed—especially the war against Ukraine.
“We, the people of economically developed and free regions of the so-called Russia, declare that it’s time to stop living in an empire. It’s time to stop following a force that turns our children into killers and meat for the front lines. That robs our land. We declare our right to independence, because we deserve to live in a free world and enjoy the benefits that normal nations do. We are initiating the process of separating from Moscow and announcing the first referendums of free people—those living in Königsberg, Ingria, Kuban, Siberia, and the Urals,” said one forum participant representing the future independent Kuban. (How sweet the phrase “so-called Russia” sounds to the ear.)
Another representative of the future independent Siberia added: “The main reason is this: Moscow is looting us like a criminal gang. All resources gathered in our territory—from finance to natural extraction—flow to Moscow. There, they’re spent at the whim of a small group on things that mean nothing to the citizens of the so-called Russian Federation. Today, that money funds war—aggressive attacks on sovereign Ukraine, the destruction of civilians, of infrastructure, the murder of children.”
It’s hard to disagree. Moscow parasitizes the regions, devours their resources and their people, and gives nothing in return. Yes, it’s time to stop feeding the dragon—and maybe its heads will begin to fall off one by one.
This maniac state has no place in the world
All in all, if the civilized world fails to find a way to dismantle Russia, then it may not be all that civilized after all. That country has no place in the future. As long as Russia exists on this planet, mothers everywhere will fear that this plague will reach their children. Will kill them, maim them, burn them to ash—for no reason other than this: the maniac state knows no other way.