Translated material
Russia will be saved by dictatorship
October 12, 2005 "Komsomolskaya Pravda" published an interview with writer Mikhail Veller, which is called "Shouldn't the Kuriles give up on the Crimea and introduce a Christian dictatorship?" In this material, designed in the style of a table conversation, the writer shares his ideas about the national idea and the way to save Russia.
The national idea, according to M. Weller, can only arise * "with a departure from liberalism, under which Europe is dying today ... Because liberalism claims: everyone is equal and the same.
And a normal country is when a murderer hangs, a thief sits, a good worker lives well, a bad worker lives badly. The non-working person gets out of sight without smelling here and without asking for benefits. Or it is attached to workhouses, if possible, humane. On reservation*.
A genuine national idea is maturing among the Russian people today, M. Weller believes: "As the kiosk girl at the metro told me, she will be completely satisfied when the oligarchs with deputies hang on the lamps along the avenue . "
To the question of the interviewer, what exactly should be the national idea, the writer answered: "In the preservation of Christian civilization" . At the same time, he understands Christianity as social principles: “Why did Christianity win in Ancient Rome? Because Rome became liberal and everything was possible. And Christianity said - no shit like that. there were clear guidelines: what is good and what is evil .
Having proposed various geopolitical steps (for example, leasing the Kaliningrad region to Germany, ceding the Kuril Islands, etc.), M. Weller proceeds to determine the essence of the desired political regime. "Now, I'm afraid, it must be a dictatorship ," he believes. The dictator must be elected by representatives of all parties and movements ( “They lock themselves up for a week ... And they don’t come out until they are elected. Otherwise, in France, the rootless Corsican Napoleon is easily located, and here Rurikovich, Prince Trubetskoy, during the uprising of the Decembrists, does not appear on Senate Square at all " ). Ideally, the dictator should be "Russian, baptized. But you know, if he is impatient, he will cross himself . "
Of course, there are chances ( "10-12 chances out of 100" ) that the established dictatorship will be fascist, "and that will be very bad" , but a constitutional dictatorship in which "the dictator ... the highest executive with emergency powers and specific tasks , for a rigidly defined period" , can achieve that Russia will take the place of Europe that had died by that time (Weller has no doubts about the death of Europe).
It is worth noting that the interview was accompanied by an editorial comment under the heading "Other opinion", however, commentators limited themselves to stating disagreement with M. Weller's views on the transfer of the Kuriles, Primorye and Kaliningrad to other countries.
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