We live in a society where the cult of power prevails

In modern Dagestan, questions of the nature of “who to be?” or “what should I be?” will not remain unanswered for long. Fortunately, there are many role models. The question is which example to follow.

Naturally, a normal person, rushing about in search of imitation, will rub his nose into an example to which the obligatory prefix will be the word “good”.

But, firstly, we live in a society where the cult of strength prevails, where basic respect is perceived as weakness; secondly, we live in a society where people with dubious reputations act as authorities.

For example, ask the average young Dagestani who he knows in the scientific sphere of the republic. I bet you that he won't remember anyone.

Because nowadays apartments are given to those who successfully punch their opponent in the face in the ring. Expensive cars are presented to those who rollickingly make the notorious “pass to the feet.” Multi-thousand-dollar bonuses will be poured into the pocket of the one who beautifully throws an opponent on the tatami, as they say, “over the hip.”

For those who are engaged in scientific activities, for those who make progress in any field other than sports, the most you can expect is diplomas or letters of encouragement.

Today's youth are smart and clever. The prospects in their heads are outlined brightly and clearly.

First, into big-time sports, and then from sports you can go into politics (or into radical religion, because there are plenty of examples). Of course, no one seriously asks whether you will make a good manager. The main thing is to get to the budget trough.

The desire for easy and quick money seems to be more and more absorbed into the blood of Dagestanis with each generation. For one person, this is a simple and convenient path to a sweet life; for society as a whole, this path is bait. Bait on a hook abandoned by degradation.

Who's in the spotlight today? In authority, so to speak? The so-called politicians, behind whom there is a trail of criminal past and present. Religious fringes who are proud of the fact that they killed so and so many policemen. Athletes for whom a bunch of two or three sentences is like Leo Tolstoy’s epic.

A society where criminal-religious-political figures act as authorities (sometimes all in one bottle, by the way) has a blurred and unenviable future.

There are a lot of role models. But if we take into account that, often, this very example is a person, then, taking Dagestan as a basis, we can say with confidence that, alas, these examples cannot be called good.

And therefore, around us there are more pale young men in sports suits than young people whose faces are disfigured by intellect (the last phrase belongs to one teacher from Daggos University).