As a Russian living in the USA but still following the Russian news, I am terrified by the glorification of Stalinism. I grew- up in Stalin's time; he was our "father," I went to Sibiria to build Communism. And at some moment, we woke up. But not all. Communist propaganda transformed Russian people into slaves, and they continued to be slaves. My father spent seven years in Gulag for his novel Bread, but after, he became a somewhat successful writer, following Stalin, like everybody else. (My memoir, Wrong Country). Putin is a small Stalin, and Russia has no way out with these criminals in power. I am so sad for my former country.
It is part of totalitarian moves to totalise all aspects of worlding, this is more than totalising all aspects of society or market or geography. (Worlding is a type of selfing, except non-ego focused.)
Empires never know where there borders are. Control is about making the one oneness one over everyone inside and out, as such it is attractive to narcissists who are suiting themselves [[narcissists = those who lack empathy, facultatively, professionally or deep in their genetic profile and they select systems and fashions and icons that encourage the same transactional binary zero-sum games of death &death cults.../=]]
We need to police narcissism, particularly those on our side.
And a link to me using that priest who blessed a Stalin memorial as an example of this
Perhaps a somewhat similar phenomenon is reflected in Musk's call to the German nation to move on from repentence for the Shoah and celebrate their history. Or the difficulty the former Europen imperial powers have in acknowledging and making meaningful reparatipns for their supremacist ideologies, their use of slavery and extractive economic policies in Asia. Africa and South America?
As a Russian living in the USA but still following the Russian news, I am terrified by the glorification of Stalinism. I grew- up in Stalin's time; he was our "father," I went to Sibiria to build Communism. And at some moment, we woke up. But not all. Communist propaganda transformed Russian people into slaves, and they continued to be slaves. My father spent seven years in Gulag for his novel Bread, but after, he became a somewhat successful writer, following Stalin, like everybody else. (My memoir, Wrong Country). Putin is a small Stalin, and Russia has no way out with these criminals in power. I am so sad for my former country.
Thank you for reading and liking my comment. Being a Russian, I am wondering whether it will be time for Russia to be a free country.
It is part of totalitarian moves to totalise all aspects of worlding, this is more than totalising all aspects of society or market or geography. (Worlding is a type of selfing, except non-ego focused.)
Empires never know where there borders are. Control is about making the one oneness one over everyone inside and out, as such it is attractive to narcissists who are suiting themselves [[narcissists = those who lack empathy, facultatively, professionally or deep in their genetic profile and they select systems and fashions and icons that encourage the same transactional binary zero-sum games of death &death cults.../=]]
We need to police narcissism, particularly those on our side.
And a link to me using that priest who blessed a Stalin memorial as an example of this
https://whyweshould.substack.com/p/bad-worldbuilding-roger-bad
Perhaps a somewhat similar phenomenon is reflected in Musk's call to the German nation to move on from repentence for the Shoah and celebrate their history. Or the difficulty the former Europen imperial powers have in acknowledging and making meaningful reparatipns for their supremacist ideologies, their use of slavery and extractive economic policies in Asia. Africa and South America?