Collective Misha

One of the recent visits to Moscow, I met with a major media manager. There was a topic for conversation, but they said, as is usually the case in Moscow, about everything. He relates himself to the conservatives. There is now such a trend in Moscow among high -ranking and noticeable figures, loyal authorities. This is a kind of Russian patriotic conservatism, which does not really coincide with the Western understanding of the word. However, this is not important.

We spoke a couple of hours. Without interrupting, not arguing, just listening to each other. Basically, I listened, and the interlocutor stated. I did not agree with almost any of his proposals, he believe that I did not share my thoughts expressed aloud. At some point, we looked at each other and, perhaps, thought about the same thing: why not yet none of us yells, does not poke the interlocutor with a fork in the eye, does not throw a starchy napkin in the face and does not leave, proudly throwing his head. We agreed and parted quite friendly. Two people who are not consistent with each other.

I remembered this, because in the last couple of weeks they forgot how to calmly talk, as it seems to me, almost everything. That is, some have not even sinned at this before, but still it was not so collective Misha Leontyev, who was just breaking into a scream. The world seemed to become black and white, the nuances disappeared, there was a hysterical “for”, which is competing with hysterical “against”. For any reason.

I don’t even understand when and what was detonated. Either the Olympics, or the unfortunate murdered giraffe, or the story of the rain. And then only show your finger: Plushenko, a collector, who was quarreling with an artificant, a former governor who decided to live in France nonpatriotic. I'm not talking about endless disputes about Ukraine, about the east and the West, about the Nazis and not the Nazis, about Rodnina and her daughter. Even the dispute about figure skating acquires the character of a multilateral duel. This also applies to people in every way close to me.

Perhaps this nervous accumulation began earlier-with an indefatigable, frantic printer, with an increasing curvature of reality, with awareness of their own helplessness, not only to change something, but at least minimally effectively resist. Energy ceased to splash out into actions (maximum crowdfunding and private attempts to help people), but did not go anywhere. Like irritation. As a result, any event and any topic immediately cause a verbal explosion in which the truth simply cannot survive.

So about my broken electric stove "works about". What part of it you will touch - sparking. But she is broken. Are we too?

So about my broken electric stove "works about". What part of it you will touch - sparking. But she is broken. Are we too? What happened? Why can you only be proud or hate? Zero humor, no caricatures, even where they ask for, a shortage of self -irony and a complete absence of an average position. The period when they laughed literally everyone was replaced by animal seriousness. We argue to death. In the columns, in posts, in conversations, in television, on the radio - the information environment rings from the negativity: the admiration of some is seasoned with the seven -inlets of hatred for others, which are not so admired. Those who are not so, in turn, collapse on the "right" with the same fury and sometimes equally uneleless.

True, for complete balance, the “wrong” is not enough for the multimillion -dollar audience of federal channels, so the response negative goes to the Internet. And there, too, they begin to tear each other. I have no accurate explanation of why everyone from a chain fell off right now. There are assumptions. Unlike Ukrainians, we, our legs, go “for” something or “against” something not to go not only for weeks and months, but we don’t know how to, so all our explosions and revolutions are verbal. I believe that the ideological curators are quite happy with this and with pleasure look at our twitters and Facebooks. And they provoke just such a reaction.

In general, we, unfortunately, live in the framework of the authorities proposed by the authorities, we are tearing their voice. The more we scream and hear each other worse, the safer we are. Of course, we are provoked through serious tools in power. Those who are the air of Kiselev, Mamontov, Popov or Solovyov consciously sow anger and hatred. The only result of this amazing attraction is the injection of aggression and mutual intolerance into the audience: both the "pros" and the one is "against".

The state should not use its unlimited media capabilities as a weapon. Because this weapon shoots at its citizens

The state should not use its unlimited media capabilities as a weapon. Because this weapon shoots at its citizens. And for a long time. It doesn’t even shoot at its citizens sometimes because it suspects these “not their own” in connection and the support of the nasty authorities of his own. Yes, the Russian government was very lucky with the people. Much more than Yanukovych. It was lucky with those who are always ready to be a priori to be for power, and with those who are not ready. The former are indifferent, obedient and easily tamed. The latter are spontaneous and inconsistent. It is unlikely that in the near future, the authorities are threatened with an unlimited swamp, or triumphal, or the area of the revolution.

Well, do not shoot, guys, from the screen, remove the evil trolls, waving your hands, give them orders for merits and send ambassadors to micronzia and gonduras.

Compression of the space of professional non -engaged media, as a very important communicator with an audience, against the background of unlimited freedom of state propaganda, has a lot

Aggression goes through them, through the "ordering", through the condovo, a slap compromote - to a huge audience. Aggression is transmitted to both loyal and critics. She accumulates. And then - a counter stream. I think that many realize that this is the enthusiasm for half the turn is a consequence of what just got. The compression of the space of professional non -angated media, as a very important communicator with an audience, against the background of unlimited freedom of state propaganda, has a lot. The lack of a natural balance in a publicly available information environment is a risky thing. Raid on that side increasingly provokes frenzy with this: to smear the spring, bursting Plushenko, and hate Europe for Giraffe. Here you have the lack of an average position. He is very lacking, as well as the middle class, sufficient to force to reckon with both those who are higher and those who are lower.

After all, a fierce dispute about the opening of the Olympics, we will dwell on this particular - reflection of some people associated with their attitude not to the spectacle itself, not to patriotism and not at all. And to television in the form in which it is today and 364 days a year. And this one day of the holiday and beauty for them is just one such exceptional day, and tomorrow everything will be as usual. This understanding prevents someone from rejoicing for beauty, someone does not allow to objectively evaluate the merits of the TV tank, who was responsible for the sight, someone has a desire to press the button, and someone has long been included. It is all not important to others: a wonderful show and a brilliant Ernst.

Opinions are polarized. Passions boil, meanings are shifted. The Olympiad is equated with the homeland, the unsuccessful ring - with the hidden advertising "Audi". Well, it's at least funny. And the best, subtle and professional analysis of the opening ceremony has nowhere to print. Not everything is politically correct, it turns out. And again an explosion of emotions. It will not end in anything good that is breaking through from all sides. Everything has a limit. Again. No one angel. But the authorities have a much more powerful instrument of self -affirmation than its opponents. And with the help of this tool, she wages the Cold Civil War. Just like oil and gas replaced bombs and tanks and became Russian weapons at the external level, and television controlled by the authorities became weapons in its hands inside the country. This differs from not so distant times in that then there were several pairs of hands, and the interests did not always coincide, and now this is one reliable pair of state hands. People are divided into their own and those at whom you can shoot. Sooner or later, as Mr. Volin correctly remarked, this weapon will just be expanded. And the latter, as you know, will be the first. It’s just as disgusting to me to think about it how to listen to Kiselev and Co. today. But the evening is more tangible to be languid. And the chances are to disperse friendly decrease. Stop poke a fork in the eye and electrify the audience. For what? It is stupid and not pragmatic. And most importantly, well, so many times, even with the latest history it has been proven that the one who sows the wind will reap.

Natalia Gevorkyan - journalist

Opinions expressed under the heading "Law" may not reflect the point of view of the editorial office