Citizen Kane

In Russian culture, prone to the mythologization of reality, there are two main myths about America. The myth of enviously and most common): America is a parasite, sucking juices in the countries of the countries and solding the air-its own paper green bucks. The myth of enthusiastic and intellectual: America is verified as an Apple tablet, a social, economic and political gadget, working beautifully and without freezes.

It is clear that reality does not coincide with the area of ​​the myth. Although, if we compare Russia and America, Russia really appears to be a country that is totally unable to sane social construction: all its social constructs are absurd, crooked and unstable, like a holey wooden fence on the outskirts of the village forgotten by God under Borovichi. But this does not mean that America coincides with the contours of one of the myths about it is reality, of course, much more complicated and catastrophic than its Russian perception.

The eloquent symbol of today's American uncertainty is the figure of one of the presidential candidates from the Republican Party Herman Kane. If you trust statistics, then, hold the elections today, he would defeat not only his one -party members Mitt Romny and Rick Perry, but also the unfortunate hut Obama. A little one several months ago, a black radio host of a provincial radio station, which put on the sale of what is called junk food (a rapidly prepared food), Kane symbolizes all the crisis of the current American political system. A poorly educated, persistent Mracobes, playing on the darkest feelings of the recent republicans, is somewhat similar to the son of Lawyer Zhirinovsky. He is such a sent Cossack - thanks to the color of the skin (the overwhelming number of blacks in America - Democrats), he would say that they would not forgive white. Well, like a person from the people. He has a delusional economic program, frankly lobbying the interests of the rich and shifting the tax burden on the shoulders of the middle class and poor losers. Kane - Islamofob, which is not enough; He professes the primitive narrow -minded religiosity (like - the Lord ordered me to save America). He, of course, is against abortion. Against the social policy of the state. He is a marketer, like a Gaidar: the market will put everything in its place. He is for the expulsion of illegal emigrants. He is for Israel, without any concessions to the Palestinians. And everywhere with overwhelming, with white lace foam. Herman Kane forced his colleagues in the republican race to become even more conservative, because he shifted the bar of permissible so to the right as, perhaps, there was no MacArtism in America since glorious times.

And it seems not clear how he achieves popularity. He has less money, and much less than other presidential candidates from Republicans. Frightened party friends unveiled several sexual scandals capable of destroying the reputation of a white politician. In Puritan America, morality is a showcase. And then the aunts in color talk about his sticky harassment of a ten -year ago, from which he allegedly has already bought up; Kane is all nothing. It seems that they vote from a sense of protest and some kind of bitterness for him, which again looks like Russia. That is, Putin deprived us of freedom, and we will choose it again. He fools us with amphoras and combines, but we still in the morning the nose of these fucking clever democrats. That is, my mother will spite my ear.

If you watch the debate of the Republicans with a sound turned off by the TV, then all this is so beautiful and decent as it probably only dreams in Russia - neatly dressed, middle -aged gentlemen lead in respecting tone, they calmly listen to issues, joke, without turning to persons, try to be constructive and understandable audiences. Nobody interrupts anyone, does not poke a finger, does not pour opponents with water or juice, does not scream hysterically: I will drop you, bitch, understand, bitch, understand, fucking? He does not call the guard, which none of the presidential candidates have: well, throw this bastard in the trash! But if the sound is turned on, then very quickly the air is filled with such a familiar scum as in the chamber, in which a whole crowd of racists overwhelmed with peas in tailcoats was planted.

But our boyfriend is quite drawn to the American dream. A native of a very poor family, who achieved everything, made a pretty decent state on pizzas with a thick crust, is not connected with the Washington elite (such as does not receive handouts from the Kremlin and the Soviets from Surkov), defeated circumstances, including cancer, sings Christian hymns in the style of state-owned hymns, smiles charmingly and widely, cuts the truth, but not in Russian, and not in Russian, and not in Russian, and not in Russian, and not in Russian, and not in Russian Style - that is, without frank rudeness and panraby. In other words, the laws of a socially sane society exist and act, everything is beautiful and simple as in good advertising, which does not mean that obscurantist and racist will not become president. Yes, the existing system will then balance many extremes and breaks the most protruding branches, but the general trend is understandable.

By the way, the political addictions of our former compatriots are characteristic. When choosing between Kane and Obama, they, almost frankly hate black, prefer Kane with a two -time advantage. But actually they are ready to vote for any obscurantist, and, the more obscurantist, the better, because the same field of the berry themselves. Apples from the apple tree.

And this is a modern American, where manners, of course, are immeasurably elegant than in our simple, like true, Rashka, but the difference is only in the verge of sensitivity. That is, let American politics what Russian society allows him, and every second will become Putin in accordance with the principle that water does not tolerate emptiness. In this sense, this movement “occupy Wall Street” becomes clearer. He is reproached for the absence of specifics, they say, somehow protests in general, like hippies, against the system of citizen Kane. No constructive, no comments that could be fixed, and then report that the Testaments of the voters are fulfilled. It is characteristic, however, that “invaders from Nizhny Manhattan” are supported by intellectuals with a good education and condemn the cattle conservatives like our former. And this is a lie that the losers and homeless people who have nowhere to go in the tents. Basically, among the protesters of the middle class and higher, which indicates the level of the problems that America has encountered today.

Who will win in the end-a citizen Kane or protesters with Wall Street, that is, America will step to the right or left, as a result, is not yet very clear. In any case, it is a complex country with a far from ideal political and social system. It is clear that the centuries of painstaking work, subject to the correctly chosen direction, which is not observed even approximately in Russia, even approximately approximately approximately. And so - just infinity. Like between the yellow Lada Kalina and the white presidential cadillac. But if we compare America with the Russian intellectual myth about it, then this is again-plus or minus tram stop. That is, it was not buzzing, of course, but not a paradise, so - a real country.

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