"Light elves" against "barbarism and savagery": centuries-old rejection of Russia by the West

A confrontation that is several centuries old is the confrontation between the West and Russia. Why, given the unity of the race, the Christian faith, the place of residence (the European continent in the narrow sense, Eurasia in the broad sense), and the self-positioning of Russia as a European power, did Europe treat Russia at least wary, at the most hostile? Dozens of local armed conflicts, many wars, anti-Russian "crusades" with fire and sword - all this was in the past and the same is happening now.

The West has labeled Russia as barbaric at various times. Moreover, it was often those who were barbarians themselves - flesh and blood, and who had thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and now millions of ruined lives on their conscience (if there is such a thing in the West) often hung.

At the same time, the same West itself, often with genuine surprise, discovered Russia for itself, as it is discovered today by those foreigners who, coming to our country, absolutely seriously “expect” to see empty store shelves, crowds of the poor and hungry roaming the streets, looking for "a glass of forbidden Pepsi", "ghetto" quarters, shooting people on the streets in the "barbaric malice" of the "KGB".

When all this is not found, they sincerely wonder why it is safer and often more comfortable in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad than in Brussels, New York and Paris. They are sincerely surprised that train cars in Russia are clean, with air conditioning and freshly ironed bed linen. They are sincerely surprised that in Russia they are not ready to “beat and cut” Europeans and Americans if they come to visit.

They discover Russia for themselves and, it would seem, change their mind about it. But... They return to their home, immerse themselves in media content, where everything is cleared by one opinion, and where Russia is again “barbaric”, “grimy”, “evil” and “backward”. And all in the second, third, hundredth, thousandth circle. And again "light elves" against "barbarism and savagery"...

Comments

[Mixweb]

So what is the article about? About what everyone already knows? And where is the conclusion?

[ivan2022]

You can contrast in different ways. Not necessarily "elves" and "wild".
For example, per capita GDP in the US is 70 thousand dollars. Russia in the UN ranking at number 60 + has a per capita GDP of about 12 thousand dollars ......
And we live in the most resource-rich country in the world...

So what could be better without the wild joy that we are not wild, but in essence?

[Yuri Nemov]

So maybe if you don’t rob the whole world and support your army with your own money, then per capita GDP should be the same as in Russia? Maybe we just have that very honest GDP rate?

[ivan2022]

Quote: Yuri Nemov

So maybe if you don’t rob the whole world and support your army with your own money, then per capita GDP should be the same as in Russia? Maybe we just have that very honest GDP rate?

Maybe there is. And we also have such a "norm" that the word "authority" means a thief ...
And we also have the richest country in the World, but the Russians are not the richest people, and 30 years ago we ourselves gouged our country in peacetime ..... And after all, we plundered our country and rush with the fact that "" we are the most honest...

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: ivan2022

For example, per capita GDP in the US is 70 thousand dollars. Russia in the UN ranking at number 60 + has a per capita GDP of about 12 thousand dollars ......

But you still need to look at the teaching staff, there will be about 34 thousand dollars from the Russian Federation.

[ivan2022]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

But you still need to look at the teaching staff, there will be about 34 thousand dollars from the Russian Federation.

And what? All the same, a place in the world ranking is about number 60 .....
With such natural resources, for such results, I don’t know what kind of ..... "development features" .....
At one time, Gorby said that "our resources have returned us .." But for some reason they did not return the Norwegians ...

We must think that we have some special ability for debauchery

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: ivan2022

And what? All the same, a place in the world ranking is about number 60 .....

Given that Luxembourg is in first place, Singapore is second, and Ireland is third.... The United States is only tenth.
Well, such a rating :))

[ivan2022]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

Given that Luxembourg is in first place, Singapore is second, and Ireland is third.... The United States is only tenth.
Well, such a rating :))

And x, the rating is not like that!
The whole world does not want to bend under us ...... And what else does the whole world owe us?
And Singapore, is he robbing everyone?
Childhood ..... one word ...

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: ivan2022

And x, the rating is not like that!

Just do not pull this rating on the globe. That we live in the country richest in resources - you take this into account, but that its climate is a little different from that in Texas - you forget. And about the transport shoulder - too.

Quote: ivan2022

Childhood ..... one word ...

In-in.
Do not try to analyze life by one indicator.

[Glagol1]

GDP per capita is correctly calculated using PPP. Then in the striped country it will be 60, and we have 25. Of course there is a difference, but it is completely different. We do not rob the rest of the world, we earn ourselves, as it turns out. The well-being of the striped country is based on the fact that they rob the rest of the world.

[ivan2022]

Quote: Glagol1

GDP per capita is correctly calculated using PPP. Then in the striped country it will be 60, and we have 25. Of course there is a difference, but it is completely different. We don't rob the rest...... The well-being of the striped country is based on the fact that they rob the rest of the world.

You are a contradiction to yourself. Do you think the US rating is inflated? Doesn't it occur to you that they rob everyone because they are stronger than others?

You don't like the way this world works? .. Then start with your own country, your city....

Gosha ! - in 1991 they gave the country into the hands of Yeltsin and Chubais, sold and betrayed everything that is possible and impossible and are proud of their "honesty" .... ... And they are surprised that SUCH people in the world are not respected .... . This is already turning into a kind of foolishness ....

And don't be disingenuous, I don't know where you get 25th place from. The USSR had it in 1988.
And now not 25, but 60.

[Sergey Dymsky]

Our real GDP is based on raw materials (we are a raw material appendage), and their exaggerated one is based on all sorts of "services" (lawyers, psychologists, etc.)

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Quote: Mixweb

So what is the article about? About what everyone already knows? And where is the conclusion?

The conclusion was written by A. Blok: "... Pan-Mongolism! Although the name is wild,
But it caresses our ears ...
Millions of you. We are darkness, and darkness, and darkness.
Try, fight with us!
Yes, we are Scythians! Yes, we are Asians!
With luxurious and greedy eyes!..."
And also from Kipling:
"... Oh, the West is the West, the East is the East, they will never meet, ..."

[nepunamemuk]

Millions of you. We are darkness, and darkness, and darkness.

darkness is ten thousand
do not pull us against Europe

[old]

The Russians already had a state in those days when in the "enlightened West" they slaughtered each other with villages with passion.

[Observer2014]

It's cool to listen to Leontiev sometimes. Will bring up the topic. so raise. I especially liked his cycles of programs about the green dollar bill. You will get pumped from those of his programs. When it was a piece of paper, it cost 23-24 strong rubles. About the green paper is not ale so to speak. In the color of recent events with a strong ruble. So and to eat hunting. Here he is looking for a win-win topic for the masses. Well, let's listen carefully. What will he tell us next?

[Gnefredov]

What will he tell us next?

After his broadcast, when he suggested people like sheep (literally) to inject from covid, I don’t listen to him anymore

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

Was Europe at least wary of Russia, and at most hostile? Dozens of local armed conflicts, many wars, anti-Russian "crusades" with fire and sword - all this was in the past and the same is happening now.

Europe, as something more or less not only one, but simply not trying to cut each other at the first opportunity, appeared only after WWII under the watchful eye of American orderlies. Prior to this, literally every European country could say with the same reasons: "here we are good and correct, and all the neighbors, bastards, hate us and try to destroy us."

The Anglo-French confrontation lasted in a tough form from the Hundred Years War to the Napoleonic Wars, then the Cold War to Fashoda, and the last outbreak of this enmity (already one-sided on the part of England) between the world wars became one of the main reasons for Hitler's success. And what about Holland, which throughout history had to fight back and endure invasions and occupations from all neighbors and even distant Spaniards? About Italy, which brought the Renaissance to Europe, and instead of gratitude for centuries was the passage yard of all European armies? About Poland, which was crushed by the German ice rink for a thousand years and which was divided twice by the Germans and Russians? Yes, even the Germans have something to remember - in the Seven Years' War, Russia, Austria (not the current small country, but a monster in half of Europe), the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden, took up arms against Prussia, not counting various trifles.

In the entire history, starting from Peter the Great, there was only once that Russia, while at war with some European countries, did not have other European countries as allies at the same time. This is the Crimean War. However, we can say that now the second such case. Although Belarus is for us.

[Stirbjorn]

You wrote absolutely correctly. The article is another propaganda, like Samsonov. There is an order to wet the West with information, so we wet it. Everything is like Orwell's "Ostasia, never fought with Oceania." And local farts, happily grunt.
Leontiev is also a famous alcoholic, and they all live in a parallel reality.

[rocket757]

A confrontation that is several centuries old is the confrontation between the West and Russia.

. It was, is and will be.
The question is ... what the hell is that geyrop for us, we have where to turn our eyes now, we have someone to cooperate with, trade and so on and so forth !!!

[old]

No matter how many times we tried to be friends with the West, each time it ended badly. For Russia, of course. Maybe it's time to finish with the rake?

[new.ad]

The West needs our country like a farmer needs a cow. The Chinese say that it is too cold here, they give birth little, they are lazy to work and drink, and therefore they live rather poorly. In many ways, it is.
Do not assume that the West is somewhat jealous of Russia, they have almost everything without us;)

[Fangaro]

Here is Mikhail Leontiev at VO is just not enough! For objectivity.

A group of authors launched their unplanned AI on our VO. Only such an opinion from ... From this miracle of words.

[Stirbjorn]

Yeah, Samsonov is already perceived as an outright psycho, so they decided to launch a new one

[matsur]

Well, there is nothing more to say, except perhaps - Waagh !!

[Mikhail Ivanov]

These supposedly light elves did not bathe, stank and ate anything. It’s just that we were brainwashed at one time that they were supposedly some kind of elite there, but in fact they lived very hard all their lives, and most were completely poor.
And, by the way, wars, murders, robberies and the slave trade constantly emanated from the European civilization, there was no slave trade in Rus'!

[Jonny_Su]

There is no particular dislike. Russian culture is one of the most respected cultures around the world. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, movie figures, ballet, Malevich, Kandinsky - are recognized, and their recognition will not dry out. The blow to Russian culture is internal re-piping and unsuccessful external operations. This applies to any nation, the Germans in the 20th century were not at all lucky.