Hollow people

October 28, 2014, Igor Yakovenko

From the "Daily Journal."

The TV deforms not only the audience. To an even greater extent, he disfigures those who are inside the “box”, his regular inhabitants, “people from the TV”: TV presenters and regular guests of the television show, mediatized “experts”. Their transformation is deeper than that of viewers, since it affects not only views, but also the very essence of the personality. The main vector of such a “television amformation” is the sucking, devastation of a person.

Nietzsche in the Twilight of idols (how to philosophize with a hammer) "uses a method of" tapping ", which allows you to detect internal voids in people and social phenomena, voids that make people hollow, hollow. To detect and prove the presence of internal voids from the inhabitants of Russian TV, a mental experiment is needed. Last week, there were two main events in the focus of the media focus: Putin’s Valdai speech and elections in Ukraine. Try to ask yourself two questions. First: what should Putin say so that his words were not perceived by the inhabitants of the “box” as a manifestation of the highest human genius? For example, Putin, explaining how badly it happens when patriotism develops into nationalism, immediately declares: "The largest nationalist in Russia is me." And what if he said the exact opposite - that there is not a drop of nationalism in him, that he is the largest internationalist in Russia? At least one speaking head at least to micron would reduce the size of her delight from Putin's speech?

Or here are the elections in Ukraine. What would have been their result so that the inhabitants of Russian TV would not recognize their manifestation of the increase in fascism, the victory of populism and generally false? Elections from "Underwear" are distinguished by the predictability of the procedure and unpredictability of the result. Judging by the preliminary results, the Ukrainian elections were the most unpredictable in the post -Soviet space in recent years. No one could predict that the “presidential” bloc would take the first place that all political scientists with understanding smirks, but, judging by the preliminary results, the second. Contrary to all predictions, both superpopolistic parties Lyashko and Tymoshenko received extremely modest results, being the last of those who overcame the five percent barrier. The nationalist parties "Freedom" and "Right Sector" did not go to the parliament. The extreme Russophobia in the person of Irina Farion was also not in demand by Ukrainian voters. All this did not affect the rhetoric in the Russian media: all the same “fascism”, “populism”, “nationalism”, “Russophobia”, and indeed, there were no elections, continuous falsifications.

“Hall people” from the TV incorporate any information, without entering into the meaningful interaction with it. It doesn’t matter a glass that it turned out in it, water, vinegar or wine: rinsed and ready for further use. The form is indifferent to the content. Perennial observation allows us to conclude: any person who has entered the Russian channel becomes “hollow” after a short time. And this change is apparently irreversible. There are no exceptions.

Completed secrets

In the life of hollow people, there are short moments of the highest happiness. Moments of the feeling of fullness. But this is not the delight of a journalist who, being overwhelmed by information, retakes it into material for the media. The happiness of hollow people is a brief moment of touching power and its secret. In the studio of "Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov" 10/26/2014 people gathered, full of happiness to see Putin, some of them were honored with the bliss of personal communication with the leader. Since the moment of pleasure happened two days before the air, blissful smiles adorned their faces, and their eyes, which they recently saw the live source of their thoughts and joy, these eyes shone like stars.

The happiest was political scientist Nikolai Zlobin and writer Sergei Shargunov. Political scientist Zlobin was like a pumped balloon or a crowded bladder, he simply burst with pride that he and Putin had such long -standing exclusive relations that Putin practically patted his cheek and ruffled his hairstyle, joining once again over his surname, they say, your last name is evil. The special pride of Zlobin is that he was the only one of all allowed himself to disagree with Putin, to actually argue with the leader. He also had an exclusive conversation with Putin, the contents of which he, Zlobin, you understand, cannot spread. Then the political scientist pushed his lips significantly and showed his eyes to the ceiling of the studio, demonstrating how high, in what mountain heights are the political matters about which he talked with Putin.

The Valdai Club no worse than Russian TV eats a person from the inside. Zlobin, being an old -timer of this structure, during his stay in it turned from a full -time “privileged critic” of the Russian authorities into its direct apologet and is only cosmetically different from Zheleznyak and Yarova. His laudatory ode to the Valdai Club, which, it turns out, is a unique invention of the Russian authorities, was to substitute Solovyov’s statement that no one in the world, except Putin, conducts many hours of “direct lines” with a subordinate population. Both Zlobin and Soloviev are undoubtedly right. Since it is strange to keep an apple dummy on the table in the presence of fresh fruits. Why do you need to collect deduced political scientists or arrange a roll call with special forces, if there are competitive elections, a free press and independent researchers?

However, do not strictly judge the political scientist Zlobin. Indeed, for him, all this Valdai, and then Solovyovskaya Tusa is not only the pleasure of streams of power, tickling his hollow creature, but also a business. The capitalization of an American political scientist, who has regular personal contacts with such an exotic leader as Putin, is naturally higher than the capitalization of a simple professor of political science. As they say, nothing personal.

Writer Sergei Shargunov is much more disinterested than Zlobin, and in the studio he looked like a boy whom the older boys first called to play cards. He shone with happiness when he talked about personal experience with Putin. It was evident how much his self -esteem increased as a result of this communication. And of course, the effect of familiarization: "You understand, I can not tell you everything." The evil -minded Soloviev could not resist the malicious replica: “We have never had such secret guests!”

But some of the communication with Putin, the writer Shargunov nevertheless told the Russians: "I asked the president to provide economic support for New Russia and was delighted with Putin's positive reaction." That is, now militants and ordinary residents of Donetsk and Lugansk can be sure: Putin cannot refuse the writer Shargunov in such a small manner as the help of Novorossia!

No less comedic roles were played in this program by the deputies of Yarovaya, Nikonov, Pushkov, as well as the writer Prokhanov, who was solemnly presented to the Solovyov’s jokes as the “Raber of the Russian Land”. Their communication resembled the summit of the interpreters of the Holy Scripture, the so -called exegetes, capable of taking a quote from the book, to discuss it for hours and explain the hidden from the mind of simple mortal meanings. Within an hour, in the prime time of the country's main state canal, it sounded: “Putin clearly says that ...”, “By the way, I agree with Putin in that ...”, “Putin skillfully revealed ...”, “Putin demonstrates the fiery point directed outside” (this, of course, the replica from the storyteller Prokhanov), “Putin in good physical and intellectual form” (this Exquisite compliment from Solovyov).

As historical experience shows, on the basis of the exegetics and efforts of her second cousin, scholasticism, something good, for example, scientific thought can arise over time. True, for this it is necessary to have several centuries in stock. There is no confidence that the country will withstand the Sunday evening of Vladimir Solovyov for so long.

Exorcism session

The atmosphere of goodness immediately disappeared from the Sunday evening studio, after the Ukrainian elections began to discuss Putin instead of Valdai’s speech. If in the first case the action resembled a leisurely and very mournful scholastic dispute, then in the second round the studio took up exorcism, that is, the procedure is much more dynamic and spectacular. The demons were expelled, firstly, from the absent in the studio of Ukraine (in absentia) and, secondly, from the philosopher Alexander Tsipko present in the studio (in person).

From Ukraine, the demons were expelled by Elena Bondarenko, whom Soloviev still imagined as a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. She said that the new composition of the Ukrainian parliament is “50 shades of brown”. The deputy Zheleznyak continued to read the spells and announced that the Ukrainian elections are "legitimization of Nazi ideology, since the Nazis are in all lists." Therefore, I needed iron, what is happening in Ukraine cannot be called elections. At the beginning of the column, I already noted how the preliminary results of the elections correlate with what they are talking about in the Russian media.

But Zheleznyak, apparently, is still an inexperienced exorcist, since some of the demons, whom Zheleznyak expelled from Ukraine, immediately got into the philosopher Alexander Tsipko. It is impossible to explain to anything else why an adult who came to Solovyov’s studio began to explain to the deputy Zheleznyak (!!) that he, Zheleznyak, from another era. That Putin recognized the results of the elections in Ukraine and the fact that he, Zheleznyak, is doing is very dangerous. Further, obsessed with Demons, Tsipko demanded to invite not only representatives of Novorossia and those who believe that in Ukraine the fascist on the fascist and the Nazi is driven, but also real Ukrainian politicians.

Solovyov realized that the case had to be taken into his own hands, and stated that "the Ukrainian elections are under the control of the National Guard of the I''''s right sector ''." Everyone knows that Soloviev always tells the truth. He is such a man. But this means that continuous righteous people gathered in the “right sector”! How else can it be explained that, controlling the elections, the “right sector” scored a little more than 1%as a result?

However, the demon in the body of Tsipko, apparently, liked it, and he did not want to leave his refuge, because the philosopher demanded that the participants in the discussion stop getting hatred and strive for the world. Even such a meek person as the representative of the DPR Alexander Kofman could not endure this monstrous madness. He said that "the faster to destroy this abomination, the better." And then he added: "I will personally knock out a stool from under them." Based on the context, it is obvious that in such a humane, but at the same time in a radical way, Alexander Kofman plans to stop the life path of the political leaders of Ukraine.

And then Tsipko, clearly completely blinded by the demon, who had instilled in him, said that in this way we would not stop the receipt of zinc coffins to Russia. After this impudent demon, they began to expel from the philosopher Tsipko the whole studio. The kindest Alexander Kofman yelled: "You are a scoundrel and a provocateur!" “Deputy” Elena Bondarenko told the philosopher that everything he said, with dignity of the grandson of the policeman. Everyone else began to take turns shouting the word “provocateur!”. Soloviev first asked Tsipko if he wanted to destroy seven million people (apparently, referring to the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions). When the philosopher did not show the desire to engage in genocide, Soloviev strictly demanded that the studio evidence of the influx of zinc coffins to Russia immediately present in the studio. Since the philosopher Tsipko could not present a single zinc coffin, it became clear that he was no more faith in this studio.

After that, the kindest Alexander Kofman exclaimed that "the escalation of the conflict is needed, and it will be!" And he added, already addressing all the Russians outside the studio: “Without your volunteers, we will die and the last outpost against fascism, blocking his path to Russia, will fall!”

Concluding the Sunday evening, Vladimir Soloviev recommended those who would like to know the results of the Ukrainian elections to call the American ambassador in Ukraine, because he, the ambassador, knows exactly who scored how many percent of the votes. Judging by the results that are known at the time of writing this column, the evil American did everything so that the campaigns of Russian propagandists about the “fascist” and “Russophobic” political elite of Ukraine looked like the dementia of these propagandists or as a caricature. However, what else can you expect from the American ambassador?