Witold Juras and Zbigniew Parafianovich tried to analyse in conversation with Piotr Skwiecinski whether the Russians truly believe in anything, or are utmost cynics. Or possibly even if something is sacred to them, they believe in something at the same time as part of the so - called “Two - Thinking” and have an highly cynical attitude. The guest and authors of the podcast besides wondered, whether the war with Ukraine is an expression of Russian chauvinismor just a tool by which the Russian authorities fool the masses.
Piotr Skwieciński pointed out the very circumstantial attitude of Russians to the truth. He pointed out that in Russian even the word fact occurs in 2 forms that are not identical. erstwhile asked about the foundation of Vladimir Putin's successes, who managed to subdue the Russian society, the expert pointed out the utmost “detachment” of the native intelligence not giving the nation any reason to support it.
The issue of the current model of relations between women and men in Russian culture and the same in spirit was besides raised. conservative revolution carried out in the United States by Donald Trump. A revolution that may mean to any degree a return to a more conventional division of roles, and beyond uncertainty is simply a reaction to the excesses of political correctness.
Piotr Skwiecinski shared a memory of a sense of alienity, which accompanied him on his first journey to Moscow. He besides sees that the feeling disappeared erstwhile he came to Russia again in 2019, which most likely had to do with the order of the Russian capital. The leaders asked the guest if it was by chance that order in Russia always means dictatorship. erstwhile asked about the anticipation of many Polish commentators of the dissolution of Russia, the expert replied that he did not see the possible of fulfilling this scenario. The subject of the discussion was besides the recurring question: is imperialism a feature of Russian power, Russian elite or Russian nation? Is the democratic opposition there capable of dropping this cultural burden due to specified a deep rooting of the thought of power?
In the further part of the discussion, Piotr Skwieciński stated that if he was to mention any of the qualities that most accurately describe Russia, they were fatalism and passiveness. The podcast guest, who was in Moscow the days after the start of the war with Ukraine, notes that the Russian capital became, albeit briefly, but sad. At the same time, no major protests accompanied the sorrow. The diplomat notes that among the Russians there are no shortages of decent and honest people who protested against the war, unfortunately there were much little of them than could be expected. erstwhile asked about the coming celebration of triumph over the 3rd Reich The guest states that May 9 is most likely the only actual religion in theoretically exclusive Christian Russia. As he notes, both all monuments and celebrations of triumph in war have a quasi spiritual character.
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