To be honest, as a life-long individualist I find this sort of thing a bit creepy. However when I thought about it, then it is far better to give young people structure and opportunity than to leave them open to what passes as cultural norms in the west these days - a bastardised form of woke-neo fascism where we all look different but are required to think the same - and believe in insanities like 642 different genders or face ostracisation. I won't be around to see it, but the cultural chasm between Russia (and the rest of the world) and the west promises to be unbridgeable in maybe 30 years time.
Putin urges people of all ages to find their path that provides them with their most fulfillment which is the best way to serve the nation. Forty years ago, Dr, Joseph Campbell was urging Americans and others to find and follow their Bliss, which is essentially what Putin is doing today.
Well, it's politically incorrect but the first thing I noticed was the picture showing a whole bunch of white people together which you rarely if ever see in the West any more. (Actually, I see the same thing where I live in Mexico except that everyone here in my small town is Mexican; when I look out at them of course I don't see myself as different in any way though no doubt they do looking back at me.) Multiculturalism in big cities adds spice, but the bedrock culture needs to be homogeneous which is clearly evident in that photo. Feels good.
Thankfully the Movement is Russia-wide and will have all sorts of nuances. What was powerful was the spontaneous move from saying thank you to the national anthem which caught Putin by surprise.
The Outlaw US Empire had an excellent opportunity to force checkmate on Russia in the late 1990s but failed to make the decisive move and thus lost its one grand opportunity to win all the marbles. I have an idea what caused the distraction and thus the missed chance, but this isn't the place to launch into that long, complex narrative.
Unfortunately the link doesn't work here in the UK.
However, thanks for the insight into the cultural and generational integration processes operating in the Russian Federation.
We are the same age, you and I, so I do identify with similar social processes to you, although I view 1960s GB as marginally more benign - although that was probably because of a perceived need to replenish the middle-classes following WWII, not necessarily for philanthropic reasons.
To be honest, as a life-long individualist I find this sort of thing a bit creepy. However when I thought about it, then it is far better to give young people structure and opportunity than to leave them open to what passes as cultural norms in the west these days - a bastardised form of woke-neo fascism where we all look different but are required to think the same - and believe in insanities like 642 different genders or face ostracisation. I won't be around to see it, but the cultural chasm between Russia (and the rest of the world) and the west promises to be unbridgeable in maybe 30 years time.
Putin urges people of all ages to find their path that provides them with their most fulfillment which is the best way to serve the nation. Forty years ago, Dr, Joseph Campbell was urging Americans and others to find and follow their Bliss, which is essentially what Putin is doing today.
Well, it's politically incorrect but the first thing I noticed was the picture showing a whole bunch of white people together which you rarely if ever see in the West any more. (Actually, I see the same thing where I live in Mexico except that everyone here in my small town is Mexican; when I look out at them of course I don't see myself as different in any way though no doubt they do looking back at me.) Multiculturalism in big cities adds spice, but the bedrock culture needs to be homogeneous which is clearly evident in that photo. Feels good.
Thankfully the Movement is Russia-wide and will have all sorts of nuances. What was powerful was the spontaneous move from saying thank you to the national anthem which caught Putin by surprise.
The Outlaw US Empire had an excellent opportunity to force checkmate on Russia in the late 1990s but failed to make the decisive move and thus lost its one grand opportunity to win all the marbles. I have an idea what caused the distraction and thus the missed chance, but this isn't the place to launch into that long, complex narrative.
Unfortunately the link doesn't work here in the UK.
However, thanks for the insight into the cultural and generational integration processes operating in the Russian Federation.
We are the same age, you and I, so I do identify with similar social processes to you, although I view 1960s GB as marginally more benign - although that was probably because of a perceived need to replenish the middle-classes following WWII, not necessarily for philanthropic reasons.
I'm still trying to figure out how to imbed videos so readers don't have the sort of problems you describe.
It's probably more to do with UK restrictions/censorship protocols rather than anything else. Things have become less benign here ... :o)