Project "ZZ". The USA is decomposed, and Russia becomes a superpower

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No one has the right to ignore Russia, rapidly advancing, reports the foreign press. The time has passed when the enemies of the Russians could sneer at the weakening country. But they began to rot ... the United States. The pace of decay is so high that President Trump has already announced the death of two types of American industry. In addition, the United States has decayed morally, in its "pleasures" dropping to the bottom. Such a conclusion was made by American conservatives. They tried hard to answer M. McFaul: he recalled how he stood in the USSR in line for toilet paper.





The American press snapped up quotes from V.V. Putin at the annual forum of representatives of regional media in Kaliningrad. Putin's words are quoted even by the flagship of Western freedom of speech and democracy - newspaper Washington Post.

At the above-mentioned Kaliningrad Forum, reminds of The Washington Post, Vladimir Putin made a curious statement: say, open the possibility for him to change history, he would have prevented the collapse of the Soviet Union. Reporting this fantastic "thesis" of Putin, the American edition went further, writing about the mass regret of the Russians about the collapse of the USSR. Similar regret among Russians reigns "everywhere". “Levada Center” from 1992 has conducted surveys about the attitude of the Russian people towards the breakup of the Union. According to the latest data, 58% of citizens now regret the collapse of the USSR. Just over 25% - no regrets. “Pro-Soviet” sentiments reached their peak in the country in 2000 — it so coincided that Vladimir Putin came to power that year. 75% of the inhabitants of Russia then “regretted” about the collapse of the USSR!

Project "ZZ". The USA is decomposed, and Russia becomes a superpower


Abroad there are those who do not share the longing for Soviet times, and even this longing is very surprised. Such is, for example, Michael McFaul, who knows Soviet life firsthand.

The ex-ambassador commented on the statement of the Russian president that he, if he could, would have prevented the collapse of the USSR. McFaul recalled how long he (McFaul) stood in line for bananas in the Soviet Union. The former ambassador shared his memories through Twitter:

“Putin may have forgotten what it is to stand for an hour in the queue for bananas in the Soviet Union. I have not forgotten.


Mr. McFaul developed his thought about the Soviet deficit, reporting through Twitter about other queues. He recalled that he lived in the USSR in 1983, 1985, 1989 and in 1990-1991. And he stood in line for a long time "for rough toilet paper and skinny chickens."

Understandably, people nostalgic in the USSR did not support McFaul. Those interested can read the tweets of the former ambassador: many of the answers are written in Russian.



Meanwhile, as foreign press notes, Russia is rapidly moving forward, and no one has the right to ignore it. The time has passed when the enemies of the Russians could sneer at the weakening country. Approximately such a conclusion is made by D. Maryanovich, the author of the publication in the Croatian edition of Advance.

Based on the annual message of Vladimir Putin, the author points out that the President of Russia “presented”, first of all, new military developments, primarily missile ones. In recent years, Russia has “shaken by sanctions,” and yet Moscow reacted to the hostility of the West with “gracious diplomacy”. Russia acted according to the principle “we are sorry that our western partners are dissatisfied with us, however we are still open for cooperation,” quotes Maryanovich "InoSMI".

Putin’s speech showed that all this had its own logic. Perhaps the calm reaction was a skillful bluff and an attempt to gain time. Now Russian engineers "created something that would provide Russia with immunity from any military threat." And “if everything that Putin said today really exists, then Russia has become the most powerful military power in the world,” the author concludes.

Has Russia really managed to overtake the military rival so much? Then it will lead to significant changes in the world. After the Cold War, the United States assigned the role of aggressive hegemon. The victims of American aggression were and are becoming countries unable to prevent a strike. Therefore, the solution for the situation is to create conditions for the counterblow. Perhaps this is the only solution to maintain relative equilibrium in the modern world.

According to Putin, the latest Russian developments have made the American anti-missile shield obsolete. Putin also said that the US thoughtlessly thought that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia could not recover quickly, and therefore its interests could be ignored.



And the most curious thing is this: at the end of the speech, the President of the Russian Federation stated that Russia would not have to develop new weapons if the States and their allies did not ignore the justified concern of Russia. “Nobody essentially wanted to talk to us, no one listened to us. Listen now, ”Putin said.

A blessing in disguise, says a Russian proverb. The West, we recall, has long been accustomed to reckoning only with force. That was the case in the times of the USSR, which was a very strong adversary, both militarily and politically, who could attack. Apparently, Putin, speaking of the new power of Russia, sought to show the opponents from the United States the following: Russia cannot be ignored just as the USSR could not be ignored. And not without reason many foreign newspapers write about it.

But in the meantime, the United States is "honorable" rot. No, these are not tales of Putin’s propaganda and not works of Petersburg trolls. On the "death" of industries reported himself Donald Trump. And the conservatives, who told the world about the moral decay of the United States, added fuel to the fire.

Like McFaul, Trump expressed his attitude to the issue through Twitter:

“We lost almost all trade deals. Our friends and enemies used the USA for many years. Our steel and aluminum industries are dead. Sorry, it's time for a change! MAKE AMERICA AGAIN GREAT! ”


The latter slogan, by the way, very much resembles the slogans of the communist Soviet era — the very one that Mr. McFaul does not like so much, scouring Moscow in search of toilet paper. What changes is the surgeon Trump talking about if the patient on his desk is dead?

Earlier, 1 March, Mr. Trump announced barrage customs duties (not yet introduced) for the supply of steel and aluminum from abroad. 25 percent duty will affect imported steel, 10 percent percent - aluminum. Restrictive measures will hit China and Russia.

Today, the US steel production is only in fifth place in the world. Ahead of China, the European Union, Japan, India. Russia is in sixth place.

It is difficult to say whether duties can return the USA to 1 in the list. While experts have established something else: the United States has decayed morally.

Gilbert Sewell's Edition "The American Conservatie" He tells us that Pitirim Sorokin was prophesied to the West. The scientist predicted the West sexual and cultural "decomposition".

The social order of the West, "inviolable" before, now decomposes. The president in the USA is a buffoon, self-confident almost like a crazy Roman emperor. Lady Gaga is another caricature of the present time. A few decades ago, no one could have imagined such a thing. Except some writers or scholars.

Among the latter was just mentioned Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968). This man was able to foresee the decay of the West. Sociologist Sorokin described the conditions under which a successful society will fall apart, faced with the "decomposition of its moral, legal and other values ​​that govern the behavior of individuals and groups."

Sorokin was able to predict that art will turn into a "show", and objects of worship (works by Michelangelo or Rembrandt) will suddenly become a commodity and decorate soap and razors.

Sorokin was arrested by the tsarist authorities, and then the Bolsheviks were expelled from the country. He was rather rude in his sociology. Later, when there was a cold war, he remained an opponent of the Soviet Union. In 1965, he was elected president of the American Sociological Association. A little later, the futurologist Herman Kahn and the Hudson Institute commission took as a basis the P. Sorokin model of the sensory society for the study entitled "The Year 2000."

According to the said Kahn, the United States was confronted with a weak society when civil rights movements and counter-cultural communities turned over American values.

In sensory societies, according to Sorokin, reality is mundane. Laws and customs flowing. The most important here are power, wealth, fame, entertainment, comfort. Sensual societies value the mundane. Their achievements: skyscrapers, aviation, nuclear power, microtechnology. But government, education, and industry depend on extremely complex systems. Accumulated wealth is fragile.

Back in 1957, Sorokin showed that "Americans became victims of sexual insanity, like cancer and just as dangerous for society as communism is dangerous." Sorokin believed that sensory societies are coming to decay. Aggressive individualism and love of freedom will undermine both self-control and enterprise. The desire for all the new pleasures will generate insatiability. Boredom will fuel unrest and extremism. Occupations that were previously considered shameful or criminal will be allowed. In such epochs, societies are experiencing an increase in licentiousness, crime, and war. Chaos is growing, and governments use it to increase control over society. Officials are violent and prone to lies. Democratic society is falling apart.

Shock, provocation, pornography for every taste, sex without commitment, the desire for pleasure at any cost and everything else - here it is, an incurable public illness!

And Mr. Trump is telling Americans about aluminum and duties! ..

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As we see, foreign conservatives just yearn for the old times, as Russian citizens dream of the good old Soviet Union - by the way, with its relatively strong morality, stable values, working industry and national idea. While one by one, P. Sorokin’s American predictions come true, Russian citizens who yearn for the USSR express the general idea of ​​not wanting to live with destructive sensual “values”, which sociologist Sorokin rather rudely criticized.



At the same time, the people's longing for the Union, for a superpower, a country that in many respects knows how to live self-sufficiently surrounded by political enemies, caused in many respects an economic and social crisis that engulfed all the republics after the famous Belovezhsky conspiracy. Longing for the masses of the Brezhnev "stagnation" began with the 1990-s and has not ended so far, according to polls.

And the reasons for the longing are not only Sorokin, not only cultural. The melancholy of the masses in Russia is hardly caused by the “pleasure”. To such pleasures, which Sorokin angrily mocked, the soul of the overwhelming majority of the Russian people does not lie. And not before the Russian people!

No matter how hard the Kremlin power provided with all blessings about halva (about “stability” and right there about “stability”), does not become sweeter in the mouth of citizens. Perhaps, the Kremlin has some kind of special stability that is felt by those who have been in power for a long time and are planning to be in power further. Citizens do not have such stability - many do not even have confidence in the future.

The number of beggars in the country has been growing in recent years - stability has indeed been achieved in this matter.

Medicine is optimized at the pace of the “five-year plan for three years” - here, too, complete stability.

The enemy dollar successfully overcomes the bar in six rubles, thirty and sixty. I even got to eighty-four. And here, through the years, full financial stability is visible.

The media is full of reports of massive corruption. Apparently, for the valiant corrupt officials and other fighters with the budget, complete stability has also come. Russia has become a paradise for them, a sort of bottomless barrel, from where you can scoop and scoop. Scooped - and a new managerial position. Or to London.

In about two decades Russia "Settled" over 140 billions of dollars in debt to foreign countries. I mean forgiven. Why does Russia need currency? Thank you, we do not need, we have stability!

In 1990, after winning the Cold War, Western economists and politicians called Russia the future raw materials appendage of the West. Their prediction came true: Russia really turned into a raw semi-colony of the West. The current budget is replenished mainly by revenues related to the sale of raw materials abroad. Such incomes are now more than 36%, and earlier they averaged about 50%. They would probably still be 40% or 50% even now, if not for the decline in world oil prices. And it’s scary to imagine what would happen with such a budget if the price of dollars falls to twenty per barrel. True, a year ago Comrade Medvedev reassured the Russians: he said that the structure of the country's economy was changing. He mentioned, of course, and raw material incomes. “Concerning the income, too, it seems to me, a pleasant moment: over the past year we have almost two-thirds, and in other words, 64 percent of income is generated from non-oil sources, these are the so-called non-oil revenues,” сказал he.

However, a few months earlier, V. V. Putin call the only superpower in the US world. Speaking in the summer of 2016 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the president said:

“America is a great power. Today, probably the only superpower. We take it. ”


Accept! That is why the people in Russia sincerely regret the USSR — so sincerely that even the Washington Post writes about it. The USSR was a real superpower and was able to be self-sufficient, which cannot be said from market-dependent Russia, which is thrown into capitalist trepidation and the price of oil with gas, and Western sanctions, and the next “Kremlin lists”, because of which other “patriots” suddenly become citizens of Malta.

Does the Russian people feel nostalgic for queues for bananas and toilet paper? It can be assumed that only McFaul has such memories.
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  1. +14
    5 March 2018 10: 05
    M. McFaul tried to answer them harshly: he recalled how he stood in the USSR in line for toilet paper.
    we learned how to do it ...
    1. dSK
      +1
      6 March 2018 01: 07
      The Central Election Commission became aware of 13 open accounts of Pavel Grudinin, including the account in which there are several kilograms of gold. The Swiss side provided the Federal Tax Service with a response to the request, and the agency accordingly transmitted the information CEC.
      At the same time, Grudinin previously emphasized that he had closed all accounts abroad. The Central Election Commission emphasized that the presence of open accounts plus misleading the agency is a serious violation of the electoral law.
      In this case, whether the candidate will be removed from the election race, it is not up to the CEC to decide, but The Supreme Court is only its prerogative. Announced this CEC member Alexander Kinev. Quotes his words March 5 newspaper "Vedomosti". According to him, the commission itself will discuss the revealed violations only Wednesday, 7 March.
      You can remove the candidate no later than 5 days before the election. That is such The decision of the Supreme Court is due before March 13.
      1. dSK
        +1
        6 March 2018 02: 35
        Quote: Dude
        And it’s scary to imagine what will happen to such a budget if the prices of dollars fall up to twenty per barrel
        Sleep well, Olezhek, oil fountains to heaven have ended. When Samotlor was developed under Leonid Ilyich, a fire in one of the gas wells could not be extinguished whole year it was such a pressure. In the States, such fountains ended even earlier. Last year, in order to bring down the price, the States funded the development of shale oil on its territory. But the “soap” bubble burst quickly, this business is too costly even for them. Oil is a "non-renewable" resourceIt’s not wheat, it doesn’t give birth every year. Gazpromneft announced yesterday first "shale" well. The reserves of this oil in Russia are the largest in the world, as well as gas. So the prospects for Russia are not so gloomy.
        The situation is improving even in the fact that Vladimir Vladimirovich headed EP in the previous elections, not being a member of it, and the Cabinet of Ministers dragged it a month before the election. And now everything is based on “garlic”, the more he speaks and does the “truth”, the more we trust him.
        1. +1
          6 March 2018 07: 07
          Information on non-renewable oil has not been proven to date. But it would be better if it ended with gas all over the world.
        2. +2
          7 March 2018 20: 41
          Speaking and doing are two different things. Moreover, they began to speak differently. 5 trillion were allocated to the roads. And how much does the US have a kilometer? And how many kilometers can you make to Russia? Raise the pension by 3,7% raised. And how much money? 300 rubles, and do not deny yourself anything
        3. 0
          8 March 2018 17: 20
          How embarrassed are these agitators-on-contentment! Rather, it would be March 18 - maybe they will be given leave after the election))
      2. +1
        7 March 2018 20: 37
        I am surprised that Grudinin has not yet found a tank in the garage and an arms depot in the basement. Mark my word, Grudinin will not be removed, but they will pedal the subject of accounts. And after the election, "by chance" it turns out that everything was fine
        1. 0
          12 March 2018 13: 17
          For some reason, after the election, I’m sure that Grudinin will not escape the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies, and especially tax officials.
  2. +7
    5 March 2018 10: 19
    foreign conservatives yearn for the same way in the old days
    Not surprising. After all, then they were younger, they believed in something, still adhered to Christian standards. And today - “the Russians are coming”, “Russia is to blame and is obliged ...”, complete and total tolerance, the world is in ruins, but we will achieve our goal ...
    1. +1
      5 March 2018 13: 29
      Soon there will be a holiday for Russia. Putin promised the Crimean bridge to be launched in a few months. There are opinions that by the summer road travel will begin to work.
      1. 0
        5 March 2018 16: 18
        I can’t get too far from this to go by car. Here is the new airport - it’s more interesting here.
      2. 0
        9 March 2018 07: 01
        Quote: siberalt
        Soon there will be a holiday for Russia. Putin promised the Crimean bridge to be launched in a few months. There are opinions that by the summer road travel will begin to work.
        1. 0
          9 March 2018 07: 05
          Here are happiness pants full, "cheap" resort for which 50 kopecks. With a liter of gasoline tear from all over the country.
  3. +32
    5 March 2018 10: 20
    Perhaps the calm reaction was a skillful bluff and an attempt to gain time.

    Diplomacy is to pet the dog until the muzzle is ready.
    1. +6
      5 March 2018 10: 24
      Beautiful about the muzzle!
  4. +2
    5 March 2018 10: 37
    In addition, the United States has decayed morally, in its "pleasures" dropping to the bottom. Such a conclusion was made by American conservatives.

    The correct "conclusion" was made by their "conservatives"! laughing angry
  5. +18
    5 March 2018 10: 41
    At the beginning of the article, when I read it, I thought - now the trolls will fly, they will cry about America that isn’t falling apart, but here we are, and so on ...
    However, the author successfully managed himself.
    Why would you try so hard, I would write simply - I and my like-minded people do not like Russia, and we want to use nostalgia for the USSR to destroy it. And we suggest that for this purpose you choose the right government with the program "20 steps (500 days?) To build socialism, as it was in the USSR.
    So for such frankness, they can also cheat on the neck. So you have to start from afar, walk in circles, and in every possible way hint about the wrong power and the right candidates.
    1. +17
      5 March 2018 11: 00
      Bravo colleague! With tongue removed. I just got the feeling from the article. We started for health, but finished for peace. I was surprised by another, a direct appeal to vote for Grudinin did not sound, but the subtext is already clear.
      It has long been convinced that the Americans abandoned their favorite toy called the liberals and in Russia decided to use the Communists and the nostalgia for the USSR precisely. Now the stake on the collapse of Russia is made precisely on the arrival of Grudinin. True, this project was initially a failure, and they already understood this, so they will continue to beat the fact that the elections will be allegedly rigged, and therefore they need to be boycotted.
      In general, nothing changes, apparently smarter than anything the Americans apparently can no longer think of. Will go on an old rake. I think that by the elections themselves there will be attempts at provocations, and it’s under the guise of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and, as it were, a “popular candidate” ... We stock up on popcorn ..., ugh, what popcorn, of course, seeds. I hope the Russian Guard is ready for any surprises.
      1. +15
        5 March 2018 11: 08
        One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?
        1. +6
          5 March 2018 11: 26
          Quote: Greenwood
          One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?

          Of course we went Yes ! The author provided the information incorrectly, most likely intentionally angry , not for 500re, but for 2500re Yes
          1. +9
            5 March 2018 11: 55
            Quote: You Vlad
            not for 500re, but for 2500re
            Looks like Pu is completely bad, that you have to hand out the stock of dough so that at least one thread comes. lol laughing
            1. +6
              5 March 2018 12: 00
              So instead of debate, Won had to graduate .. lol
              And then bulk comes on the heels .. laughing
            2. +9
              5 March 2018 12: 54
              Quote: Greenwood
              Looks like Pu is completely bad, that you have to hand out the stock of dough so that at least one thread comes.

              He laughs well, who laughs last laughing
              Quote: Greenwood
              bad at Pu

              Did you fart? feelAlready burning lol
            3. +9
              5 March 2018 13: 45
              Looks like Pu is completely bad, that you have to hand out the stock of dough so that at least one thread comes.
              On the contrary, good! They transferred thousands of 25 to my card, plus salary as a full-time agent of the Kremlin, plus 800 for each post here ... I live great!
              1. +2
                5 March 2018 14: 01
                Congratulations, you will not help with employment? laughing
                1. +12
                  5 March 2018 21: 30
                  No, I can’t. The kogovaya gebenya will check you first, then they will shoot you, of course, then the exam will be - first you will beat the dissident, then you will have to strangle three Ukrainian tanks with your hands, rape at least a hundred German women ... well, you know how our history is being handed over.
                  The examination of contemporary art is more complicated, I immediately warn you. You start with the anthem of Putin. Not long, a couple of hours is enough. By the end, a pre-caught employee of the American embassy should enroll in pioneers and run away to give fireworks in any way you specify. Then the destruction of economic and social freedoms in a couple of cities, with almost no counting of vapors raped by vapers and raped lesbians, is taken seriously! Then you take Riga or Tallinn, faithfully betraying them to fire and a sword, you grit the British a little, in disguise of a fan you need to disperse a medium-sized crowd, let's say, to empty the Cherring Cross station.
                  And a free topic. Do what you want, but so that Stoltenberg has at least a heart attack. Pretending to be a financial audit is not sports!
                  But after passing the minimum there will already be some chances ...
        2. +14
          5 March 2018 11: 53
          One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?

          It is useless to appeal to prudence. they watch Kiselyov on Sundays, and listen to Soloviev. Try to think, or do not have the ability or desire!
          This is the sect of "witnesses to a good life under Putin."
        3. +10
          5 March 2018 11: 56
          Quote: Greenwood
          One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?


          Come on you about the money, somehow all this is small. At this meeting not only were paid.
          Just pay attention to the comments in this thread. Logic, like the Americans. They have just a little - the Russians are coming, and here - any article with a claim to analysis and objectivity, with nostalgia for the USSR - immediately seems like agitation for Grudinin. Well, of course, for the collapse of Russia. The guys overdid it, it turns out by their logic that in this way no one will campaign for Putin. But actually, why? Putin recently announced that he regrets the collapse of the USSR. So what happens - he also wants to ruin Russia?
          And the phrase “I hope the Rosguard is ready for any surprises” is just a masterpiece! In other words, if the people vote for a candidate from the left-wing forces, then Rosgvaria should be ready for this. Applause! A curtain!
          1. +8
            5 March 2018 12: 07
            Quote: Reserve officer
            In other words, if the people
            decides to "jump" then
            Quote: Reserve officer
            Rosgvariya should be ready for this
            and the cookies from Nuland won't work here.
            1. +9
              5 March 2018 12: 15
              Distort my thought, my dear. Just like on a TV show on central channels.
              And don’t worry, Putin will be the president. For one simple reason - in our country the majority of people always trust the current government and vote correctly. If the famous “I was tired, I’m leaving” had not sounded at one time, then Vladimir Vladimirovich would have no chance in the elections.
              1. +4
                5 March 2018 12: 22
                Quote: Reserve officer
                Distort my thought

                I do not distort at all. You expressed your thought about the purpose of the Rosguard, I expressed mine.
        4. +10
          5 March 2018 12: 10
          Greenwood Today, 11:08 ↑
          One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?
          Of course they did! Counter question, where can I get these same 500 re? It really hurts the money you need ... laughing
          1. +2
            6 March 2018 09: 26
            Greetings! And I have a second question about the cash desk: I want to get my hard-earned money from the sale of public property by Gazprom laughing
      2. +5
        5 March 2018 12: 30
        And what do you want from this author, he perseverely fulfills the order before the election, works very intensively, is afraid not to have time to publish all his preparations before the election.
      3. +4
        5 March 2018 16: 30
        Quote: Varyag_0711
        It has long been convinced that the Americans abandoned their favorite toy called the liberals and in Russia decided to use the Communists and the nostalgia for the USSR precisely.

        Two years ago, in the wake of “Novorossia,” one political scientist (I don’t remember my last name, I’m too lazy to dig into the archive) predicted that before the election the rate of staff would not be Lyoshenka Anal, but on an alliance of patriots, communists, nationalists, to which the bullcrusts will join and so on. Because the main goal of the West is Putin, and who, how, by what forces and coalitions through the elections will remove him does not matter. The main thing is that there is no Putin, and the rest they will agree. By the way, an interesting article with interesting photos: https://cont.ws/@prikhojanka/855276
        1. +3
          6 March 2018 06: 46
          Quote: Captain45
          Because the main goal of the West is Putin, and who, how, what forces and coalitions through the elections will remove him does not matter. The main thing is that there is no Putin, and the rest they will agree. Here is an interesting article by the way with interesting photos:
          Well, OK. Suppose that Putin won these elections, spent another 6 years in power, and did not solve (traditionally for himself) a single country’s problem. After 6 years, he will no longer be able to run for president of the country. Those. as if he wouldn’t be there, Russia will come without Putin, the same corrupt one, with rising prices and bad roads. What will you do next? Who will you vote for?
          1. 0
            8 March 2018 15: 27
            We’ll see it.
  6. +6
    5 March 2018 11: 04
    I liked the article. Especially about the "stability".
  7. +5
    5 March 2018 11: 47
    Unfortunately, we will not become a superpower with this power !!!!!!
    1. +13
      5 March 2018 13: 32
      Quote: Petr petrov
      Unfortunately, we will not become a superpower with this power !!!!!!

      To your regret already Yes
      1. +9
        5 March 2018 13: 37
        Or vice versa, someone has already stopped smile
        1. +3
          5 March 2018 14: 06
          Do not be shy. Specify. Although if you think about the USA, then not yet - they are still the first. But we squeezed a couple of positions from them, and this is already a trend.
      2. +9
        5 March 2018 13: 55
        A country with the standard of living of the Third World countries cannot in any way pretend to be a superpower, no matter how many missiles it has.
        1. +8
          5 March 2018 15: 26
          Quote: Greenwood
          A country with the standard of living of the Third World countries cannot in any way pretend to be a superpower, no matter how many missiles it has.

          A country with the highest standard of living means maybe?
          Those. The UAE, Qatar, the Netherlands, Sam Marino and others are all superpowers?
          Indeed liberals with logic are somehow sad ...
          1. +9
            5 March 2018 16: 31
            Quote: merlin
            Those. The UAE, Qatar, the Netherlands, Sam Marino and others are all superpowers?
            No, not super powers. A superpower in the world’s established opinion is a country with a high standard of living, developed infrastructure and industry, an advanced army and tremendous influence in the world, as well as numerous satellites or simply friendly countries. Such a country can sometimes afford to ignore various international accords and agreements without any consequences for itself. Such countries were the USSR and the USA. Now there is no USSR, Russia is among the developing countries with a host of related problems, such as high levels of corruption, poor infrastructure, and low living standards for a significant part of the population. The United States still has this status because it maintains credibility in the world, a high standard of living and an attractive culture (which is why so many people from all over the world dream of moving to the States), a powerful army, and advanced science and industry. Gradually, this status also comes to China, which also develops industry and production, and boasts the 2nd largest military budget in the world, highly developed infrastructure (steeper than in the USA) and rapidly increasing income levels (ZPs in Chinese cities have already overtaken Russian).
            Quote: merlin
            Indeed liberals with logic are somehow sad ...
            The error came out. The main liberal in our country is your favorite incumbent president, he himself admitted.
            1. +4
              5 March 2018 17: 02
              Quote: Greenwood
              Quote: merlin
              Those. The UAE, Qatar, the Netherlands, Sam Marino and others are all superpowers?
              No, not super powers.

              Well, thank God!
              There you then wrote a lot of things, the main message that we are poor and miserable. So this is not new - in and about the USSR they said the same thing. And this never bothered him, because for the superpower the key question remains the number of divisions, in accordance with the covenants of Comrade. Stalin.
              Quote: Greenwood
              The error came out. The main liberal in our country is your favorite incumbent president, he himself admitted.

              The liberals in our country are recognized first of all when they scold the "bloated military-industrial complex" and advocate "for increasing the income level of the population", i.e. Roughly speaking, they advocate an increase in consumption ...
              1. +3
                6 March 2018 05: 20
                Quote: merlin
                the basic message is that we are poor and miserable.
                My main message: we are still very far from ideal and have something to strive for.
                Quote: merlin
                they said the same thing about the USSR. And it never bothered him
                The USSR had a planned economy, very low prices (which were not subject to inflation), and numerous social programs for the population were carried out. Free housing, education, medicine, etc. etc. All that is not in Russia now.
                Quote: merlin
                for the superpower, the key remains the question of the number of divisions
                By this criterion, the DPRK is the main superpower.
                Quote: merlin
                The liberals in our country are recognized first of all when they scold the "bloated military-industrial complex" and advocate "for increasing the income level of the population", i.e. Roughly speaking, they advocate an increase in consumption ...
                Hmm, recalls the reasoning of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Economic Development and, in general, the majority of "talented individuals" with an economic education from the team of the current president and his government. So who is a liberal?
                1. +1
                  6 March 2018 09: 20
                  Quote: Greenwood
                  My main message: we are still very far from ideal and have something to strive for.

                  If you have such a position, then maybe you should shout less that "usepropalaaaaa!". You look and people will reach for you.
                  Quote: Greenwood
                  The USSR had a planned economy, very low prices (which were not subject to inflation), and numerous social programs for the population were carried out. Free housing, education, medicine, etc. etc. All that is not in Russia now.

                  Inflation in the USSR was just very low.
                  Free housing - ordinary people (non-partisan non-Jews) have stood in line for decades. Yes, by the way, at the moment it is also possible to get housing for free.
                  Free education - isn’t it now? How much is schooling now?
                  Free housing medicine - again, what is it not?
                  One can argue about the level of free services, however, it is foolish to deny their availability.
                  Quote: Greenwood
                  By this criterion, the DPRK is the main superpower.

                  No, your beloved China.
                  Quote: Greenwood
                  So who is a liberal?

                  You. And put up with it.
                  1. +1
                    7 March 2018 08: 59
                    Quote: merlin
                    If you have such a position, then maybe you should shout less that "usepropalaaaaa!".
                    Hmm, is someone shouting here?
                    Quote: merlin
                    Free housing - ordinary people (non-partisan non-Jews) have stood in line for decades.
                    My grandfather, working as an excavator, got an apartment after 3 years.
                    Quote: merlin
                    Yes, by the way, at the moment it is also possible to get housing for free.
                    Examples in the studio. I must say right away that we don’t count the military and all orphans.
                    Quote: merlin
                    How much is schooling now?
                    And all repairs, purchases, and at the same time textbooks, equipment are paid by parents. Big money comes in a year.
                    Quote: merlin
                    Free housing
                    The secret does not exist.
                    Quote: merlin
                    medicine - again, what is it?
                    There is a formal. Polyclinics often do not have the necessary equipment and are referred to a private medical center.
                    Quote: merlin
                    No, your beloved China.
                    China yes. Russia is not even close.
                    Quote: merlin
                    And put up with it.
                    The liberal criteria in the studio.
                    1. +1
                      7 March 2018 09: 25
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      Hmm, is someone shouting here?

                      Of course. You scream.
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      My grandfather, working as an excavator, got an apartment after 3 years.

                      Non-partisan?
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      Examples in the studio. I must say right away that we don’t count the military and all orphans.

                      In closed cities, subject to work at the forming enterprise.
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      And all repairs, purchases, and at the same time textbooks, equipment are paid by parents. Big money comes in a year.

                      You don’t have to pay for repairs, and textbooks are issued in the school library. Your training manual is out of date.
                      Parents helped the school to do such repairs in the USSR, but it looks like this is not in your training manual.
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      There is a formal. Polyclinics often do not have the necessary equipment and are referred to a private medical center.

                      And in the private sector, we often have tomographs ... a storyteller, however laughing
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      China yes. Russia is not even close.

                      I understand that you really want to make Russia poor and wretched, well, live in your dream world - it is so attractive, isn't it?
                      By the way, as a council, learn Chinese and bring down to China from "wretched" Russia.
                      Quote: Greenwood
                      The liberal criteria in the studio.

                      Do you have mirrors at home?
            2. +1
              5 March 2018 18: 37
              Quote: Greenwood
              The United States still has this status, since it maintains credibility in the world, a high standard of living and an attractive culture (which is why so many people from all over the world dream of moving to the States), a powerful army and advanced science and industry.

              Well, why are we sitting, who are we waiting for? To scream
              Quote: Greenwood
              Russia is among the developing countries with a host of related problems, such as high levels of corruption, poor infrastructure, and low living standards of a significant part of the population
              1. +5
                6 March 2018 06: 41
                The funny thing about your (and not only yours, but all Putinoids) comments is that you essentially have nothing to object to, because everything I wrote is true. And you begin to slide into personalities, to scream “well, go to your America”, and then the standard set of template idiots: “West is afraid of Putin”, “we are a superpower”, “Russia has risen from its knees”, “America will collapse soon”. Given the proximity of the elections, do not forget to flatter proven recipes with novelties like “Grudinin is an oligarch, billions per hill, bills, defrauded real estate investors”, “all oppositionists are agents of the State Department,” and there’s also “horses do not change horses at the crossing”, “Putin still has as many as 6 years to remember the people, "" you did not live in the 90s. " lol
                1. 0
                  6 March 2018 16: 47
                  Quote: Greenwood
                  The funny thing about your (and not only yours, but all Putinoids) comments is that

                  The funny thing is that you are a Cossack mishandled! Yes What a normal person will take seriously that for a concert they also pay money in Moscow wink No, not Russian, you are a man ...
                  1. +1
                    7 March 2018 09: 03
                    Quote: You Vlad
                    The funny thing is that you are a Cossack mishandled!
                    Huh? did not know. Who sent me, tell me please.
                    Quote: You Vlad
                    What a normal person will take seriously that for a concert they also pay money in Moscow
                    I will paraphrase your phrase: what a normal person will spend his free time on Saturday going to some dull rally concerts for Putin (with all the stars of the 90s that are bored with all) for free.
                    Quote: You Vlad
                    No, not Russian, you are a man ...
                    Exactly what is Russian.
      3. +4
        5 March 2018 14: 11
        Quote: You Vlad
        To your regret already

        The presence of vigorous engines in missiles is not the income of our citizens, but expenses. Necessary of course. That's when they come to us for a beautiful life, for the prospect !!! .... then it means we became her.
        1. +6
          5 March 2018 16: 41
          aybolyt678 Today, 14:11 ↑
          The presence of vigorous engines in missiles is not the income of our citizens, but expenses.
          Do you propose to redistribute in favor of senior citizens?
          Necessary of course.
          Arch necessary!
          That's when they come to us for a beautiful life, for the prospect !!! .... then it means we became her.
          Please tell me, but do you think the USSR was a superpower? And if there was, then a lot went to us for a "beautiful life"?

          Let's not confuse the concept of a superpower with the concept of per capita incomes ...
          1. 0
            5 March 2018 20: 44
            I agree, only on the condition that, together with the concepts of power, a superpower will be a mini-power - North Korea !!!
            But seriously, the USSR was a superpower only until 1968. Until that time, he was a leader in world development and an example. Today, from the international point of view, we are a very large North Korea.
            Regarding the distribution of money to penitentiaries and buytellers: this is the same as simply giving it to China and the EU. Because with this money imported goods will be bought for the most part and we again without them, native money.
            but they say the Empires begin with the Strong Army!
          2. +1
            7 March 2018 20: 51
            And what do you think is a superpower? With a bare well .... and with a vigorous bomb?
      4. +1
        7 March 2018 20: 50
        Unfortunately, a superpower is only in arms. In terms of economy and population income, far from it. Although I’m not an expert, I was taught economics: the main postulate is the highest revenue for the state if the product is consumed in the domestic market.
  8. +13
    5 March 2018 11: 48
    Maybe I will slobberly say .. feel
    But all that is happening now is like a balm for the soul.
    Forgive us Jews and all-mercenaries ..
    Maybe we overdo it a bit in our impulse of urapatriotism ..
    But we have been waiting for this, since the time of Misha labeled .. feel hi
  9. +4
    5 March 2018 11: 48
    Liberal Review ...
  10. +7
    5 March 2018 12: 19
    Quote: you Vlad
    Quote: Greenwood
    One question: did you go to a rally for Putin on Saturday for 500 re?

    Of course we went Yes ! The author provided the information incorrectly, most likely intentionally angry , not for 500re, but for 2500re Yes

    Well, I don’t know, I don’t know ... They gave out 200 bucks to everyone who correctly rallied ... Did you guys guys recommend :)))
    1. +2
      5 March 2018 13: 35
      Quote: mavrus
      Did you guys upgrade :)))

      Yeah sho belay Then I think that this took us aside recourse That's Greenwood grinning ...
  11. +5
    5 March 2018 12: 40
    It’s not interesting to discuss, everything is very banal, and Pitirim Sorokin is a hopelessly distant past.
    The only question is: who will believe that the American diplomat McFaul in the Soviet Union was standing in a regular store in line for bananas? Everyone knows that Americans brought and bring products for their diplomats and their families from the USA and Europe. McFaul is a master to lie, but you need to know the measure :-)
    1. +1
      7 March 2018 20: 54
      They just then did not bring bananas and toilet paper. And poor McFaul walked with dirty .......
  12. +8
    5 March 2018 13: 03
    The USA is decaying, and Russia is becoming a superpower

    The death of the United States is not far off. They sell oil and gas, and invest the surplus in the Russian economy, financing the Russian military-industrial complex. And most importantly, they pump hydrocarbons in such a way that they set records from year to year, dollar superprofits invested in rubles are growing. Well, the hydrocarbons explored from them remained until 2040.
    1. +7
      5 March 2018 16: 29
      And the congressional members are buying up Russian real estate in the Moscow Region and Crimea, opening ruble accounts in a savings bank, and arranging for their children to study at Russian universities ..... and also in Russia there is a great need for American plumbers and laborers ......
  13. +5
    5 March 2018 13: 09
    ... a superpower, rises from its knees, becomes a superpower - and all this is about one state.
    The USA has been decaying since its inception. But the ruling class in the United States learned to solve the country's internal problems at the expense of other peoples, including, not least, at the expense of the Russian people and the peoples of Russia. So far, they are doing well.
    1. +1
      5 March 2018 14: 17
      Quote: iouris
      SHA decompose from the moment of creation. But the ruling class in the United States learned to solve the country's internal problems at the expense of other peoples.

      You are a victim of the information war .. The USA has sunk its budgets into bases, we are oil revenues from poison engines. I understand that if we did not live at the expense of oil but at the expense of industrial production, then it would be something to be proud of.
      1. +4
        5 March 2018 15: 26
        I’m not participating in the information war, but I’m trying to read more and, on this basis, develop my ideas about the world around us, of which the USA is a part. I am neither a victim of any kind of information war, nor prey of the modern educational system. In addition, I have experience.
        The Russian Federation will not be able to live off "industrial production" as long as China and the WTO exist. To solve this problem, the Russian Federation must change its economic system or transform the US economic system.
        1. +2
          5 March 2018 20: 57
          Quote: iouris
          The Russian Federation will not be able to live off "industrial production"

          Modern technologies allow endlessly diversifying consumer goods. If the Soviet Union lived to see today's technology, it would be the most powerful country in the world. One of the most important tasks of the state is the protection, development, and development of prospects for the domestic market. You correctly write that the Russian Federation should change its economic system. This is clear to everyone. Everyone feels it. It is obvious. Because an army without an economy is like a bird with one wing. She will not fly.
  14. 0
    5 March 2018 13: 16
    They threaten to disconnect us from the Internet.
    1. +2
      5 March 2018 16: 41
      Quote: Chaos
      They threaten to disconnect us from the Internet.

      Yes, I’d rather. You look the people will enter consciousness, will read books. In real life, it will begin to communicate, although in real life it is more difficult to communicate than on the Internet. Here, it can really immediately fly without a delay behind a rotten bazaar, but they will be more modest, more polite, they will begin to think.
      1. 0
        5 March 2018 17: 44
        Here, dear Captain45, I am happy to support you! hi
      2. +2
        6 March 2018 06: 49
        Quote: Captain45
        books will be read. In real life, she’ll start to communicate,
        And so it was possible? belay
  15. +3
    5 March 2018 14: 18
    Quote: Stock Officer
    Distort my thought, my dear. Just like on a TV show on central channels.
    And don’t worry, Putin will be the president. For one simple reason - in our country the majority of people always trust the current government and vote correctly. If the famous “I was tired, I’m leaving” had not sounded at one time, then Vladimir Vladimirovich would have no chance in the elections.

    Yeah, in social networks they give him 20-22% ... And on TV 72% shout already ...
    1. +5
      5 March 2018 15: 22
      I’m always wondering who the VTsIOM is interviewing for such convenient numbers ?! request
    2. 0
      6 March 2018 12: 02
      This is some percentage in your networks, someone gives, for example, I never participate in opinion polls in networks. On March 18, you will learn the truth - very unpleasant for you.
    3. 0
      7 March 2018 20: 57
      Zhigan. WHAT do you think, why are Grudinin so actively stoked?
    4. 0
      8 March 2018 15: 41
      Well then on Facebook
  16. +2
    5 March 2018 14: 58
    States rot because of their parasitic nature. And this essence manifested itself precisely because there was no geopolitical counterbalance. If the Union had not broken up, we would have been in danger of a disastrous 3MV in its worst case, when the adversaries had maximum reserves of charges: we had about 10 thousand strategic carriers ready for immediate launch and about 15 thousand TNWs in operational readiness. At Amers - about the same, a little smaller. Compare with the current state ... Now mutual destruction is no longer guaranteed if it is possible to bring down warheads above 8 thousand m, because there are constant flows that quickly “smear” radioactivity throughout the Earth’s sphere. You just need to intercept bоmost ...
    1. 0
      8 March 2018 23: 30
      If the United States had an economic system, even if it was tightly regulated capitalism, then no counterweight would be needed.
  17. +3
    5 March 2018 15: 11
    It is very dangerous to think that the USA is rotting and cannot do anything. Very serious passenger and dangerous!
  18. +2
    5 March 2018 15: 12
    The beginning is good, but it ends, as is usual in individuals of the species "Liberastus commonus."
  19. +1
    5 March 2018 16: 24
    “America is a great power. Today, probably the only superpower. We take it. ”

    This really bothers me. The president of Russia could add: "Among other great powers." But about the only superpower would be silent.
    1. 0
      7 March 2018 21: 01
      By armament, they overtook and, God forbid, surpassed. In the rest, we are lagging
  20. BAI
    0
    5 March 2018 16: 50
    Mr. McFaul developed his idea of ​​the Soviet deficit by reporting on other lines via Twitter.

    Something I have big doubts about the ambassador standing in lines. Maybe he also planted potatoes on the embassy lawn?
    1. +1
      5 March 2018 19: 57
      McFaul was ambassador to the Russian Federation in 2012-2014. Trained in the USSR at universities in 1983,1985, 1990-1991.
  21. +2
    5 March 2018 17: 15
    Regarding the artificial food crisis of the late 1980’s - the beginning of the 1990’s, organized by CIA full-time agents and the top of the CPSU, the people responsible for this actual genocide will be brought to justice. If not human, then God's.
  22. +16
    5 March 2018 20: 57
    The USA is decaying, and Russia is becoming a superpower

    if
    if
  23. +1
    5 March 2018 22: 36
    But if you only knew how my heart yearned for real human food! Especially a piece of cheese? Many long nights I see in a dream cheese on a slice of bread ... I wake up, but there is no cheese.
  24. 0
    6 March 2018 07: 17
    It is strange that the author does not notice the events of recent days ...
  25. +2
    7 March 2018 04: 07
    Yes, not everything in the world is measured by meters of toilet paper and bananas. And indeed the Americans turned everything into a show where the key is money. Intervision, Olympic Games, etc. But the saddest thing is that the domestic media work on the same tracing table. What kind of broadcasts on TV, radio stations, not to mention what is happening on the Internet. With the tacit connivance of the authorities in Russia, the construction of a “sensual” society is going on. It is easier to manage and harmonious with the consumer society. Therefore, the internal protest of the people, which translates into nostalgia for the USSR, is not surprising. Personally, I regret the collapse of that country, which was called the USSR, although yes, there are as many bananas as there were now in stores, but I do not remember that I would suffer from their lack.
  26. 0
    8 March 2018 22: 28
    The system had to be changed. Now it's too late.

    Once an officer of the Soviet Union, prevented a global nuclear war by detecting an early warning system error.

    Recently D. Trump, journalists caught drunk. Did he press the red button ... under the pressure of the system, that is, circumstances.
    The United States can no longer overcome the crisis without a global war.

    Well, God forbid, everyone will be at the epicenter ...
  27. 0
    18 March 2018 12: 09
    We need a country as great as the USSR, which would be based on justice, traditional values ​​and power. Longing for the USSR will not pass. Too much injustice is around, especially the destruction of the once great industry and medicine is especially scary, and it’s hard to see how humiliating our country is. No hope, no confidence in the future .....

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