Rusophobia before and now (II)
Since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, rusophobia has been growing. The concept of security of the UN Security Council of 2002 is very clear and indicates that the security and stability of the planet must depend on the states that do not intend to challenge the United States. Dominance lies with the United States, which is the source of stability. Others must be subordinate.
According to the United Nations, however, international law is based on the equality of nations. The modern world order is a balance of power with multiple centers of power, and if someone wants to impose hegemony, others will balance it. There are now two sets of rules, and the “rules-based international order” means that there are no rules in practice. You can choose the model, but if you opt for multipolar, you seem to be on the side of the Russians. In the face of this, the majority remain faithful to the official narrative, trying to prevent it from being seen as a supporter of the Russians.
Today, Russia is described as a gas station in the form of a country, but at the same time as a tremendous force that could swallow the whole of Europe. We laugh at the Russian people saying that they are fighting in Ukraine with a shovel and that their hypersonic weapons threaten our satellites. We played in two ways. It is also said that Russia cannot welcome the small peoples of Ukraine, but that, at the same time, it is able to welcome the whole of Europe. They all make no sense. The goal is to nurture fear and hatred. The system seeks some hatred abroad to increase unity and cohesion itself. Here's the meaning of rusophobia.
Western Europeans think that we are civilised, while we see them as savage. We are modern and backward. We liberals, they autocratic. We are good, they are bad. Before, reactionary communism against progressive capitalism. Now authoritarianism versus democracy is the appearance of shock.
We laugh at the Russian people saying that in Ukraine they are fighting with a shovel and that their hypersonic weapons threaten our satellites.
The term phobia means that fear is irrational. If our fear is based on the irrational, we will not act rationally and without rational action we cannot act directly in defence of our national interests. The term Blonde emphasizes fear, but this fear often comes from a problem based on hatred. In other words, fear is false and begotten by the hatred that has spread before.
Before, they presented us to the Russians as lower status populations that could become slaves. They are now drinkers of vodka, a world mafia, savages who do not respect civilization, evil communists, creators of problems, authoritarian, dirty, crazy... That is why we have imposed over six thousand economic sanctions on them, we have banned them from participating in the Olympic Games – Hitler himself did not dare to do so – we have banned access to the Russian media, preventing us from reaching his thinking ... We have also closed its doors to Russian culture, having lost all the possibilities of enjoying the classic ballet show Bolshoi, probably the best in the world, or the Lake of the Cisnes of Tchaikovsky, or the superb Soprano of Anna Netreb, etc.
When there is a reasonable fear of the Russians, the interests of Russia must be discussed and the shock they cause analysed. When fear is irrational, driven by hatred, we don't discuss its real interests. We do not deal with the real interests of Russia. Instead, we talk about clichés, making sure that it is an imperialist and evil country that always seeks expansionism. That is the main problem of international policy today. In order to carry out a proper analysis, we should take into account how both sides identify security threats and what measures they take to overcome them.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find a journal or a journal explaining the concerns of Russia’s legitimate security. Instead, we ensure that everything that Russia does is done with bad intent and with it, by definition, we consider peace impossible. In the 1990s, Russia tried to cooperate with Western Europe, so it was not accepted, although it was positive. All that was done was to maintain the previous stigmas. We didn't offer them room with each other at the table.
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