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Stefano's avatar

It's wonderfully refreshing to read a positive essay about how our identities are nuanced and fluid, how they change over time. Thank you for writing this great essay!

In all the recent claustrophobic debates gripping the West about migration, we Westerners seem to have forgotten how cultures have been influenced from migratory trends. I've always personally thought of Russia as a European culture and at the same time a multicultural society able to find a habitable balance between many different ethnic groups and religions, bridging the divide with Eurasia.

Recently I've come across some materials about the Russian Orthodox Church eschatological perspective, about how Greek (Cyprus) prophets (I'm not an expert and do not mean any disrespect if my words fail my memory) indicating Russia as a defender of the faith against the liberal Western order. If I remember correctly it would seem we are approaching these end times (the fall of Erdogan in Turkey will be another sign).

So it's interesting to read your essay in this light. What you would consider Europe-1 has led us into an ideological mess where it's not clear what the objective of progress is (although if I had to guess, AI will give us the simulator). From my personal perspective all religious institutions require scepticism in terms of the power they wield in this earthly realm, because they've often handled it poorly, but even if I'm not very enamoured with of the Russian Orthodox Church, I'm wise enough to see the benefits of a religious order in maintaining community and social stability. And the lack of religion is summarily what's contributing to the mess in Europe-1 and the USA.

I don't know if you know, but the EU hasn't formally rejected the application of Turkey to join. What's even less well known is that before Turkey, Morocco had applied and the application was archived and not rejected. Politics.

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Georgos hafez's avatar

Сегодня можно сказать, что все цивилизации (все полюса), стремящиеся следовать своим традиционным ценностям, борются с либерализмом, капитализмом и постмодернизмом... (враг общий).

Четвёртая политическая теория: Многополярный мир, или, я бы сказал, многоцивилизационный мир.

Я вернусь в прошлое, к византийской цивилизации (православной), папской цивилизации (католической), китайской цивилизации и османской цивилизации (индийской и бразильской... я ничего о них не знаю).

Четвёртая политическая теория: Каждая цивилизация должна уважать цивилизацию и культуру другой.

Но в прошлом были цивилизации, которые считали себя вправе определять судьбу другой цивилизации и уничтожать её. (От многоцивилизационного мира к столкновению цивилизаций?)

Крестовые походы под руководством папы и Османские войны (я ничего не знаю о китайской цивилизации).

Византийская, или Российская, империя приняла христианство словом и верой.

Цивилизациям, не желающим уважать православную веру и её ценности, лучше никогда не увидеть свет и родиться мёртвыми в многополярном мире.

И я верю, что именно так и произойдёт.

Сплочённая вера и сильная цивилизация способны противостоять либеральному Западу.

Слабая цивилизация — это цивилизация с доктриной, полной лазеек, которая не сможет противостоять либеральному Западу.

Надеюсь, вы исправите любые мои ошибки. Я всегда учусь у вас.

Россия ❤️❤️❤️

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dr_Krzysztof_Karczewski's avatar

Да, в этом многоцентричном мире, где существует несколько цивилизаций (полюсов), есть определённая опасность. Эта опасность – «непонимание другого», и многополярный мир не будет такой уж прекрасной мечтой. Но даже в этом случае вероятность новой мировой войны потенциально ниже. Ведь претензии одной цивилизации на мировую гегемонию не смогут быть реализованы из-за сильных позиций других цивилизаций. Это относительно равноправный баланс между полюсами. Кстати, это отчасти ситуация, знакомая нам по двухблоковому миру, где возникали локальные конфликты. А однополярный мир 1991 года породил гораздо больше конфликтов. Парадокс заключается в следующем: единая западная цивилизация (США, НАТО, глобалистские институты) сохранила глобальную гегемонию после падения Восточного блока, но в силу слабости своего потенциала не сможет контролировать подавление очагов сопротивления собственными силами.

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Georgos hafez's avatar

Россия ❤️❤️❤️

У меня есть вопрос, который я задам позже.

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друг's avatar

Russia's complete embracing of Europe was tried before, in 1991. What followed was a long decade of horror something like Victor Hugo's Les Miserables melting into Dostoevsky's The Devils.

One thing became totally clear, Russian ethos, Russian values and culture are not compatible with European analogues.

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dr_Krzysztof_Karczewski's avatar

Of course, the Russian ethos and the Old European ethos are not identical, but the ethos of Old Europe (more precisely: Old Western Europe), Christian (Catholic), is somewhat closer to Russia than post-liberal, godless Europe. Moreover, Russia, as an original and Eurasian civilization, encompasses, among others, Orthodox Eastern Europe. The Catholic civilization of Old Europe in alliance with Orthodox Russia-Eurasia—that is the challenge, the prospect. Our current task now is to maintain the "non-aggression pact" between Russian patriots and traditional Catholics (Carlists, etc.). Another issue is the influence of Catholic civilization on the social life of contemporary Europe.

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Charles Clemens's avatar

You neglected to mention "Europe-3" - the advancing Muslim hordes that will eventually topple old Europe. The EU has already become as antiquated and useless as NATO. A new world is developing where all the civilized world may have to unite before Islam (and its ultra-liberal clownish supporters) completes its conquest of Europe (tentatively stopped by the Battle of Tours in 732 AD).

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dr_Krzysztof_Karczewski's avatar

I also thought about this "Europe 3" (i.e., Islamic Europe), but I think that this Islamic Europe (which, by the way, is still developing) is part of a more general trend – post-liberal Europe. After all, it is precisely the globalists, blinded by the ideology of multiculturalism and liberalism, who are creating the "great replacement." P.S. This article of mine dates back to 2023 and was previously published on the website geopolitika.ru.

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Charles Clemens's avatar

All things have Unintended Consequences. Islam is a virus created by a man as morally sound as Dr. Fauci and Hunter Biden. Anyone with a knowledge of the yin/yang and the balance which ALWAYS follows chaos should have expected liberal globalists to turn to jelly and dry up beneath the Arab hordes. Of course, our grandchildren will rebel against these new tyrants and the cycle will continue until Jesus returns.

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David of The Rockies's avatar

So uh where

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Charles Clemens's avatar

Those who imagine that Russia is gearing up to invade NATO probably still believe COVID came from a Wet Market in Wuhan and had nothing to do with Dr. Fauci and the Wuhan Lab.

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