It demonstrates the West muscles. Bombed Syria. Suppressed opposition in Russia. And yet in the world of Russian President enjoys great success. And not only the right. In the era of the weaker leaders thus begins the passion of a strong man in power.
We observe the phenomenon of Putin. Donald trump (Donald Trump) considers it extraordinary, and Putin reciprocates his feelings. In Europe, from Scandinavian countries to Italy — the all new extreme right-wing so naturally carried with them the Parallels that for financial assistance for his party, marine Le Pen (Marine Le Pen) it was addressed to the Russian banks.
Located on the other side of the French chess field just to the left of the socialist party, the former Trotskyite Jean-Luc Melenchon (Jean-Luc Mélenchon) doesn’t like it when Putin criticized while he deals with MS Merkel and everyone else. In the same French former Prime Minister Francois Fillon (François Fillon), a liberal, began her career with social Gaullism, passionately defends the need to develop a common language with Putin, who can not oppose the entire movement in Western public opinion. That is a given.
If Vladimir Putin does not delight, it is unlikely he does not like or has little sympathy, though no one lose sight of his crimes. A former spy of the second order, the Governor of Boris Yeltsin (and his approximate face), he is the first European head of state, annexed a number of territories since the end of world war II: I’m talking about the annexation of Crimea de jure and de facto, two regions of Georgia.
Under his leadership Russia lost the freedom of speech and Assembly, which appeared in the times of Gorbachev. Vladimir Putin has made their country “demokratura”, the dictatorship of the trappings and ornaments of electoral democracy, while conducting carpet bombing the forces of the aircraft (not planes of Bashar al-Assad) even hospitals in Aleppo. Putin cancels his meeting with Francois Hollande (François Hollande) and pumps in their country’s military mood. Everybody knows it. No one dares to deny it. No matter what, but Putin’s love. Why?
It’s a question of image: this political appeal is primarily to the physical dimension.
Vladimir Putin is not James Dean (James Dean) and Marcello Mastroianni (Marcello Mastroianni): physically and visually, he is quite ordinary, and yet this dry, muscular man gives the impression of brutal force, which he can use for okoloteatralnyh level. When he is shirtless (always shirtless), when saddle stallions or alone fights with wild animals), it drives crazy not only fans of gay pornography.
In Russia as in the West, the sublimation of masculinity need to put it in a clear opposition from other ruling parties, primarily American and European, it is impossible not to admit that the main advantage of Angela Merkel — not that she’s an Amazon, as well as Francois Hollande is hardly Superman. And, despite the fact that Barack Obama certainly shows a certain class, it looks more like a University Professor, not as a wrestling champion.
The message that Vladimir Putin sends through their images and just as hard accompanying commentary, is needed in order to declare that the West is run by puny characters, while here he is the real boss.
All this would be funny. This epic performance was to amuse the audience, but this is not happening — on the contrary, because the United States and Europe (which together with Russia make up the vast majority of the white Christian world) is now a common fear. If Donald Trump (Donald Trump), in spite of everything, manage to seduce the majority of the American electorate; if the new far right have such success in Europe, this is because our world leader on the international stage for a long time, now fears that it will overtake China and developing countries; this is because jihadist terrorism is fueling phantasm Muslim invasion, against which you want to take up arms; this is because the existence of social security, full employment, wages called into question due to delocalization of industry in remote areas where labor is less reflected in the annual budget.
The West feels pressed against the wall, fighting against Islam, when in conflict, moving through Africa and Asia. In most cases unconsciously, sometimes consciously, the West wanted to get a real leader, capable of leading men into battle, General, not whispering barely audible words, not spineless, and in this role has positioned itself Vladimir Putin, delighting a new extreme right-wing and seducing not only their.
Thanks to some amazing historical paradox of Moscow became the Mecca of right-wing nationalists, having been for a long time the Mecca of communism, and the Russian President with their delegations, deputies and TV cultivate active collaboration with these forces, resurrected from the pre-war fascist oblivion. As of yesterday, the Communists, the extreme right have become the new intermediaries of the Kremlin in the Western territories, and this ideological threat has hit the bull’s eye, gaining success, because it fell on fertile soil.
In Europe and the United States of America there is a kind of fatigue from democracy.
Historically influential parties — Republican and democratic, on the Atlantic coast, the social Democrats and the Christian Democrats — have seriously weakened their own inability to reform itself and to adapt to the needs of the new century. They are mobilized and have so little to portend good that voters have lost faith in them and in the alternation of right and left. Everywhere crash a variety of scenarios, even in the United States, where instant success Bernie Sanders (Bernie Sanders) from the left flank after the popularity of the right-wing movement Tea Party Express the desire of the electorate for something new in all political formations.
During the crisis of the Western democracies stop responding to the requests of citizens who have ceased to wait for the West leap forward and despaired ever to see it. This crisis is not only fuelling extreme right-wing movement that raises nationalism, leads to rejection of European unity and unites now the British conservative Party United Kingdom independence party Churchill with a party of Nigel Farage (Nigel Farage). In addition, the voters themselves are a large party try to debunk democratic values.
After September 11, the United States thought it proper to spit on Habeas corpus and Guantanamo Bay open, the well of oblivion. After the terrorist attacks on the office of Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan Francois Hollande declared France an unprecedented laws, met almost universal approval. Mrs. Merkel is considered to be irresponsible, because by granting political asylum to refugees who had every reason to require it, she found it possible to set an example and to give back to the Europeans values in which they believe. Unlike Italy (which you need to pay for this honor), Europe no longer wants to know anything about the sinking in the Mediterranean sea boats, filled with families fleeing ISIS militants and Bashar al-Assad.
In Western democracies, the respect for freedoms and the universal Declaration of human rights is making huge steps back, it is not surprising that demokratura Vladimir Putin many have ceased to disturb, and military support it provides to the butcher of Damascus, helping him deal with his own people.
On the contrary, many, too many Westerners admire him, because he not allow to intimidate yourself legal restrictions and international conventions, signed by Russia, does not hesitate to lead with a strong hand, contributing no matter what and committing war crimes, the formation of a dictatorship that mistakenly continue to think that supposedly can serve as a barrier against the jihadists. This is stated openly or not, in the opinion of many, Vladimir Putin, to summarize, acts as a shield of the Christian West, this boss denied to other democracies.
But there is another. In its charm the master of the Kremlin also uses the anti-Americanism of Europeans. Europe loves Hollywood movies and new York skyscrapers, American culture and aesthetics, but never forgave the United States that they pushed it from first place in the world. Europe is experiencing in relation to America’s mixed feelings of love and hate, which are being exacerbated today as the separation of States and the protection of their own interests in Asia, where they already run a serious risk.
America is not only humiliated us with its power, but also throws us now, now, when our Eastern and southern borders accumulate threat. America not only made us her servants, but now leaving us in the lurch, at a time when we need more than ever to its defense apparatus. Naturally, as a result, many Europeans trying to come to an agreement with Vladimir Putin that he did not create unnecessary problems in the East and has protected us in the South, went into battle instead of us side by side with the dictators who look so confident in their beautifully tailored suits.
However, even if Putin has a lot of aces up his sleeve, he doesn’t have enough money, and this power of war. Its ailing economy cannot even be compared with the economy of a developing country. And its businesses in Ukraine and in Syria does not improve the situation, quite the contrary.
