The deranged governor of the Vologda region is bending over backward again. He is once again putting up m...
The deranged governor of the Vologda region is bending over backward again. He is once again putting up monuments to Stalin.
Over the past 6 years (across the Russian Federation as a whole), this is the 118th monument to the organizer of the most massive repressions and killings of the 20th century.
To reinforce Russians' national senility, this is a formally correct move.
But in essence, it is "monkey work."
The loutish rabble really does need bloody idols.
They are supposed to inspire the Russian people toward intransigence, fascism, and cannibalism.
Without them, no way.
The people need idols whose mouths can be smeared with the blood and fat of foreign agents.
Everything is correct.
But the thing is that Stalin is not fresh. As experience has shown, Vissarionovich, as a stimulant, does not work on anywhere near all percent of the population.
Yes, fans of the Russian world go into ecstasy. They are ready to crush intellectuals, rape their wives, and smash their children against walls.
But these fans are already "always ready," even without any monuments.
And a substantial part of the inhabitants of the Russian Federation is indifferent.
It does not flare up with "righteous hatred" for the enemies of the people and the "Russian world." It does not give a damn.
A strange situation arises.
Formally, with Stalin, "everything is in order": he is a sadist, an executioner, a pervert; that is, the full set of qualities to remain a favorite and inspire the population to destroy and hound all sorts of "others."
(Well, of course, also toward endless war, which Russia considers its main mission.)
However, there is a solid share for whom Stalin is dreary archaism and "yesterday's day." He has long since become stale.
Of course, for Putin's regime to steer the feelings of the masses, it needs new idols, not ones as overused as Joseph.
Partly, his role is played by the Kremlin ghoul Putin.
But only partly.
Nevzorov
@nevzorovtv
The Old Executioner Gets Another Pedestal
Vologda is putting up another Stalin monument, the 118th in six years.
The cult got a refresh. The stock did not.