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A couple of phrases of the day: Karaganov vs Karnavalov
Political science in Genghis Khan
We are a European country, but with our special history, where there is a lot of Asian as well. And if it were not for the legacy of the Genghis Khan empire with its supercentralization ... We would not have become Russia. We would not be able to capture and maintain such a huge territory ... Democracy is one of the ways of managing in very favorable circumstances. And in difficult circumstances, democracy was always lost. We simply imposed an opinion that democracy is the pinnacle of the evolution of society. But I will remind you that the Greek republics ended with despotism, Roman - the empire ... And the most powerful example was given by the Second World War, when all of Europe surrendered to Hitler. In addition to Britain, which would also probably have surrendered if Hitler had not made stupidity and did not attack the Soviet Union. In a tough situation, authoritarian states, relatively well -controlled, have an advantage. And, by the way, one of the reasons why the West and Chinese are so persistently offering democracy is the desire to weaken us ...
- Plus! He shouted. - Yes, they are even worse than the soundtracks. You yourself do not know that you are chatting. Take at least a herd of geese. Here they are flying somewhere. They always have a leader. And if there is no leader, but there will be only pluralists, they will scatter in different directions and everyone will die. “But just an example is very unsuccessful,” I objected. - The geese just do not work. At first they have one a herd, then the other, they have such a goose democracy. - Shit! - barked Simych. - There is nothing good in democracy. If a fire occurs, then all the democrats and all the pluralists are looking for the one that will withdraw them. These vaunted democracies have long been decomposed, die, mired in luxurious life and pornography. But this does not lick this people. Our people always put forward from their midst one who knows where to go.
Vladimir Voinovich. " Moscow 2042 "