In the opposition

For the flags

June 22, 2010 Alexander Ryklin

A great conversation here has started. Very, I will tell you, substantial. About Eduard Limonov. In different contexts, according to various reasons about this politics and writer, two people who were very close to me by the worldview and tuning of the internal charton - Dmitry Oreshkin and Viktor Shenderovich were considered necessary to speak out. The first compared it to Vladimir Putin , the second with Leonid Radzikhovsky . (Cross analogies are involuntarily suggested, and there is a desire to talk about what is common between Putin and Radzikhovsky ... Maybe the next time ...) So Mr. Oreshkin believes that the responsibility for the growth of the popularity and demand for the political brand called Eduard Limonov completely lies entirely with Vladimir Putin. (With what I undoubtedly agree.) Say, the stupidity and greed of the authorities led to the fact that decent people are forced to become the banners of those who have recently announced the surroundings with an indecent slogan “We will complete the reforms - Stalin, Beria, Gulag!” Regarding the words of the respected commentator, the undisguised irritation shows. The commentator can be understood - the vast slogan, without a doubt.

Viktor Shenderovich considers the situation from a slightly different side. He, analyzing his attitude to Limonov and Radzikhovsky, says that in terms of basic parameters he is closer to Radzikhovsky, who “knows for sure that there is nothing more valuable than human life and there is no idea that should pay such a high price,” but Limonov’s position is close in the question of the free will of citizens. In other words, they fight together for democracy, won - they fled. (And I share this thesis entirely and completely.) It must be said that Schenderovich speaks of his “temporary union” with Limonov without irritation, but still with obvious desire certain veils drive and strictly designate his own territory. Here they closely close with Oreshkin, for which in this case the problem of self -identification is in the first place. In other words, it is extremely important for both of them to explain to the respected public why they go to the triumphal square every 31st number with Limonov. And so that no one, God forbid, thought that they would at least sympathize with Limonov. Mr. Oreshkin wow even several sparkling paragraphs wrote exclusively in order to achieve this goal-to distance himself as much as possible.

Well, in conditions when the ideological authorities of the country have succeeded a lot in the erosion of moral guidelines and principles, the desire of decent people to accurately determine their place in this cloak is understandable. And an attempt to divide the so -called elite of society on the principle of “your own - alien” is a natural reaction of any advisory person in today's Russia. For which his personal reputation still matters.

I, too, turning me away from the slogan "Stalin, Beria, Gulag ...". But this slogan is no longer relevant. Just because his main characters have long died. He only gives rise to disgusting associations in us. And how many “decent” people today (the same, for example, of our scaling Leonid Radzikhovsky) could go out into the street (if an instruction received), for example, under such a banner: “To the future without fear! Putin, Sechin, Deripaska! " This list is depressingly wide. Shocking is wide. And serious moral efforts are required in order to place it all over the very line. That is, delete from the column “your own”, and enter the “strangers” in the column. Because it has many names of those who have recently been associated in our heads with such concepts as “liberal values”, “democratic principles”, etc. etc. But it is absolutely necessary to do this to those who are really preoccupied with preserving their own reputation.

I will explain on a simple example. It seems to me that today it is a shame to admit to a normal person (in our understanding), for example, in friendship with Alexei Kudrin. (In my opinion, it is not more embarrassing as an example than, say, with the same Eduard Limonov.) Despite all his ardent liberalism and an undoubted commitment to various kinds of humanistic principles. Just because the “generalized Kudrin” made incomparably more for the formation of the Putin regime than, for example, “generalized sechin”. Because these uncomplicated guys from the Lake Cooperative could not achieve anything (yes, they couldn’t really steal Yukos), if it weren’t for modest accountants in greasy sleeves with a good economic education and a firm idea that private property is unshakable, and freedom is better than lack of freedom. True, with some exceptions dictated by external circumstances, on which they preferred to close their eyes. But not just like that. For just like that, the “Russian liberal” does not agree to close his eyes to anything. Another thing is for posts, state doors, state support for their undertakings, their universities, funds, etc. And at a meeting, this “generalized Kudrin” will whisper in your ear: “We are the last restraining factor. You can’t imagine how they would have been unbelted, if it weren’t for us ... And you could definitely forget about the flat income tax scale ... ”on the remark“ But nothing that while you were fought beyond the flat -width scale, the political system of a rather large country was completely destroyed, in which there are no parties, no elections, nor political competition, etc.? ” “Generalized Kudrin” reacts extremely nervously - is called by a radical, an extremist and offers to go to the street to Limonov.

I was not going to compare anyone with anyone at all. I just want to say that in our criteria for evaluating “your circle” today a decent person in Russia needs to make significant adjustments. This does not mean at all that Limonov needs to enter him. But so many will have to cross out. In order not to accidentally not be among them ... in other words, in the list of those from whom I want to immediately and irrevocably dissociate, Eduard Limonov cannot take first place. There are more applicants ...