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"The Putin Phenomenon." Part II
The tricks of the subject “on his own” are not new, but even “grown boys” still buy into them. Like one bespectacled man, and not just anyone, but the Minister of Finance. Who served the inventor of the eternal “tandem”, who does not distinguish a white ribbon from a condom, faithfully, one might say, from the very beginning of his “glorious deeds”. And if our common “boat”, at the very least, stayed afloat, then, not least, we must give him his due, thanks to this “botanist minister”. Connected by one “chain,” as it happens, with the main object of our consideration, who combines the position of “galley slave.” How this servant of God worked, descendants will understand. But if you trust “our everything” - the brilliant Pushkin, who understood people no worse than poetry, then there are great reasons to doubt the hard work of the “slave”. Here are the poet’s famous lines about his autocratic contemporary, who, as mentioned at the end of the previously cited quote, is “of the same breed” as our depicted “hero.”
The ruler is weak and crafty,
Bald dandy, enemy of labor,
Accidentally warmed by fame,
He reigned over us then.
If we have already touched on the minister - the “nerd”, then the main complaint against him is that it would not hurt, it’s a thing of the past, to be more picky about whom to serve. But this is already along the “line” of conscience. And with this “young lady” - a phantom, everyone carries on a conversation in private, i.e. intimate. And her remorse is palpable only at the level of her own soul. If the minister were not a minister, but, for example, a biologist, I have no doubt, no less talented than a financier, then everything would be simpler. All sorts of “shoes” are outside of moral concepts, therefore this is an ephemeral substance - conscience can doze off like a fairy-tale sleeping beauty. But if you happen to “get into trouble” with power, then if you please, live up to the noble title of “prince” - wake up your “sleeping beauty”. However, let’s be objective, if anyone was a “galley slave,” then this government “regular,” in the recent past, was more worthy of this honorary title. Throughout his years of service, he performed his duties conscientiously. And, by the way, he actually saved his master’s power from collapse when the economic crisis unexpectedly struck. As “a smart and practical person...”, the minister had enough common sense to save a bit of petrodollars for a rainy day, despite the “biased interrogations” of some of his cabinet colleagues, the same ministers. Those who know only their own - “get it out of the treasury, in case of a fire.”
And so, when the next “castling” was outlined, it seemed to the poor fellow, chained to his financial “oar” for so many years, that it would be fair if the post of prime minister was entrusted to him, and not to a “talking head” who understands as much about economics as one, undeservedly offended, pet in oranges. Moreover, two “castlings” in one game are “not comme il faut,” and according to chess rules this is generally impossible. Eh, your head is like a gardener. You still haven’t understood anything about your “breeding patron”, despite the fact that you have observed him in the corridors of power for so many years. Well, would he really entrust such power to an independent professional, especially in such troubled times, when his own “throne” was shaking. Childish naivety. But he would not have been the “spreader”; he would have betrayed himself if he had bluntly stated that he no longer needed the services of the campaigner who had gained “weight.” He already has enough enemies, why make new ones. But turning the arrows, “raking in the heat with someone else’s hands” is a favorite trick. And the little deal was concocted, and he himself, like, had nothing to do with it. At the same time, a worthy assignment was found for the second number of the “tandem”, let him work on palaces and yachts. In addition, he had long been impatient to take out the insults of his wounded pride on someone. The guy's vanity is wow. And they just egg him on from all sides, now a “lame duck”, now a “dummy.” I even feel sorry for the sick man, but it’s okay, he holds on like a cucumber. If you listen to him about anything else, it’s a mortal melancholy, but to “lower” someone below the plinth turns out to be talent. I publicly sneezed at the “boy” and left him speechless. And, it seems, he still didn’t understand where the “wind was blowing.” The unfortunate bespectacled man, who briefly imagined himself as a political figure of international level, suddenly “fell from heaven to the sinful earth.” Well done “thronemaster”, he played out the will of the “master” like clockwork. And about the signature on all government documents, the Minister of Finance successfully screwed it up. Let him not pretend to be innocent. Now everyone knows that he was “rolling around in the dust” just like the entire government. So, if you decide to join the opposition, please do so. Who will accept him in decent society with a “yellow ticket?”