About proper conservatism

December 17, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev performs at a meeting with an asset of United Russia in the Gorki residence.

Recently, Dmitry Medvedev, who again managed to become the Prime Minister, publicly stated that he did not liberate, as some believed, but a conservative. That is, it will maintain what has been created from the beginning of the current century. Protect from the last strength. Although it is not clear how his former timid attempts to modernize with a conservative position are knitted. If you maintain the current one, then, it means that one -sided raw materials economy and the stratification of society, and almost completely destroyed education and healthcare systems, and the police, which actually remained the former police, mired in crimes. And if you try to change all this, then what does the protection have to do with it?

According to the explanatory dictionary of Vladimir Dahl, the conservative is “a preservation, guard, guard; Those who observe the real procedure for deeds, management, opponent of novelty, changes. ” Of course, the modern Russian political tradition allows you to interpret fundamental concepts as you want politics. But this applies to liberalism, democracy, human rights, private property. But with the conservative, everything is more difficult. Even a very low level of political culture that distinguishes the Russian population does not allow the conservative to give out a conservative for a consistent supporter of innovations. Perhaps canned food played a role here. Yes, ordinary canned foods so popular in Soviet times, which have not lost their popularity in many ways to this day. Hence, people have the feeling that to preserve is to preserve.

Of course, in conservatism, the main value of the traditions of society, its institutions, beliefs, and sometimes prejudices, are accepted. But, you see, Russian and, say, British conservatism are fundamentally different approaches. Because British traditions, institutions, beliefs, etc. Fundamentally different from Russian. Yes, and is it worth it to maintain traditions such as disrespect for the human person, the lack of law -abiding, fierce official reading, ethics, the lack of tolerance, the poor ability to self -organize and defend our rights (the rapid formation of which has been stubbornly trying to prevent power), weak readiness for social partnerships, if all this ensures the preservation of Russia's lags from developed countries and in the economy and in the economy and in the economy and in the economy and in the economy and in the economy. Social sphere?

One way or another, but Medvedev decided to engage in protection. It seems that it is precisely for this that he even intends to lead United Russia, replacing the country's chief conservative at such an important post. Which, however, never declared its ideological preferences. And he did not impose on his or any other ideology of the party of power to him. Which, for this reason, was in a painful unprofitable state. Now the main party, finally, gets rid of implicitism, leaning against conservatism. Now each of her member, in addition to solving his own problems and demonstrating the loyalty of the power vertical, will defend conservative values.

Everything will happen on May 26. It is on this day that United Russia will choose Dmitry Medvedev as his chairman and consolidate a conservative ideology. The latter will be called socio-conservative for greater importance. In order to emphasize the concern for the simple people who overwhelms the members of the glorious party whenever they manage to solve their own problems.

I must say that conservatism has long attracted the party in power. Already forgotten B. Gryzlov proclaimed at the XI Congress of United Russia as a party ideology “open conservatism”, which then caused confusion in the minds of Russians. Along with the joy of the possible appearance of ideology, people were scared by such an unusual phrase. In their excited letters and telegrams, they raised a tough question: “We know that open canned foods are kept much less than closed. Will the transition to open conservatism cause an ambulance of the country's leading party? ” Then the general public tried to rest on assurances that the main thing would remain conservatism, that is, the focus on preserving what managed, so to speak, to get stuck. And openness is so, it is to create a feeling of novelty.

It should be recognized that social conservatism is much better than sovereign conservatism, which, out of habit, could offer the main federal minds. There was. In addition to the emergence of the Party of power of socio-conservative ideology, another bold innovation awaits us-Eurasian conservatism. In June, United Russia plans to hold the International Forum of Eurasian Conservatives. Political and public organizations of countries that should be included in the Eurasian Union will be invited to such an important event. The purpose of the event is to begin their integration on the basis of conservative values. Moreover, they are close to us with Belarus, and with Kazakhstan. The first value is authoritarianism. And enlightened, as in Kazakhstan, or extremely hard, as in Belarus, this is not the main thing. This is a matter of taste.

In general, conservatism is our bright future. But only the correct conservatism is Eurasian-Social, performed by Medvedev and United Russia. And you should think about the promotion of members of the main party who contributed. It would be nice to introduce the title "Honored Social Conservative of Russia." And for those who are already completely - the title of "folk". Then everyone wants to be a conservative. Of course, social. And the next step is “Honored Eurasian Conservative”. This will be the limit of bureaucratic dreams.

Eurasian social conservatism will finally help Russia to finally rise from the knees. And then the whole world wishes to sign up for the right conservatives. But only Medvedev and United Russia will decide who is worthy of this and who is not.

True, there are still people of Russia. Which has been experiments for a long time. They continue to keep in slavery when other European peoples have long forgotten about it. Then they make you love communism and build socialism, while sealed, shot, driven into concentration camps. Then they “give” him a one -sided raw material economy and good billionaires, who have long been friends with the president. Impose a sovereign democracy and a party in which too many crooks and thieves. And now they are trying to slip the right conservatism to him. Maybe enough? Maybe it's time to leave the people of Russia alone?

The author is the co -chair of the Moscow Regional Organization of the Party of Popular Freedom, Secretary of the Union of Writers of Moscow