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The traders of Stalinism
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The traders of Stalinism
November 17, 2009 Anatoly Bershtein
“No, Stalin did not give up.
He considers death to be fixed.
We took him out of the mausoleum.
But how to endure Stalin from Stalin Stalin? "
Evgeny Yevtushenko.
"Heirs of Stalin", 1962
The naivety is once again shameful, the “uninterested” was poked with physiognomy in “real politics” and once again explained on the fingers: do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask. Do not believe that Medvedev was seriously concerned about anti-Stalinism, do not be afraid of a long-decomposed corpse, do not ask for any unrealistic changes.
Yes, I do not really believe in a consistent, fundamental policy of uprooting Stalinism, I am also not a Moscow dreamer, but Don Quixote fighting windmills, I also do not consider power either. Stalinism is not windmills, not a horror story for adults, not some long ago disappeared ghost, dissolved as the body of the leader was decaying.
No, he dissolved in our blood, he is present: someone in the form of fear, someone in the form of longing for his past or in order that this greatness provided, for someone in the form of a complex of inferiority, and for some young people in the form of an illusion of justice.
One way or another, but Stalinism is not just a “terrorist dictatorship of a tyrant”. It is simple enough to look true, but too simplified to believe in it.
Stalin died, and the mirrors were curtained. A little “set” time has passed, and they were discovered - people have to look at themselves. And it turned out that there is no Stalin, and the mirrors are the same - crooked. They were not defeated for happiness.
Stalinism is distorted ideas about life and death, about man, about the meaning of being.
Stalinism is the psychology of non -cordon.
Stalinism is a “sovereign oclocracy”, which from time to time uses intellectuals as slaves of the formation, the power of mediocrity, complexing because of its own insignificance and creating its myth to reassure.
Stalinism is, first of all, the inheritance of the leader, these are his heirs.
Under Khrushchev, the first devaluation of this inheritance occurred, and during the time of Gorbachev-Eltsin-the strongest depreciation, which was recorded by the audit of sociological polls of that time.
And then other times came, and the shares of Stalinism crept up again. Someone began to play raising ...
By the way, on the exchange those who play for a promotion are called “bulls”, and those who decrease are “bears”. Medvedev, in tune with his surname, played to lower Stalinism. And this is good for everyone except the “bumbling” heirs of different shades crowding around in anticipation of their “star hour”.
And when they come, there will be no “bears”, and they will close the exchange. For Stalinism is always non -alternative. And strangely enough, but those who invite us today to come to terms with the non -alternativeness of the Russian historical tradition - it doesn’t matter if they are happy to sigh in crushing or disgraced from it - they play the same increase in Stalin’s contribution.