October 5, 2017

Russia as a country is very much alive. It is possible to create new and large social communities within it. But if the state ceases to exist tomorrow, then these communities will not have time to form. A mother carries a baby in her womb; she might drink and do God knows what else; she might be sick, but if she dies not in two years, but in eight or six months, then the baby is not born.

All this down-sliding and decay of Russia is disgusting. But if the alternative to this is a quick collapse, then let it better decay. And in this sense, it is appropriate here to quote the well-known Soviet movie “The White Sun of the Desert”, in which a thug from the warlord Abdullah’s gang asks the protagonist, “How do you want to die? Right away, or do you want to suffer?” The protagonist responds, “It’s better to suffer for a bit.”