Why Millenial Protest Are Nothing But a Schoolish Drama
To you, my crazy, sexy, little bastards, Navalny’s arrest and related protests are seen as another fight for freedom against totalitarian brutal, and straight white Putin’s regime. West even considers putting even more sanctions on Russia, forcing the czar to free Navalny, of course.
While Russia has real issues with political freedom and judiciary, let us put aside miserable weeping on regime’s victims and ask a question: who goes on these protests? And does it even have any sense?
Let me introduce you to the Russian millennials – people who were mainly born either before or after the collapse of the USSR. Few of them might remember something about the Soviet Union, but only through the scope of childhood’s memories – just like you remember how you heard about sex first time; you were in the first grade and instead of “six” you wrote “sex” after what your life changed forever!
But let us return to Russian millennials. The majority of them grew up during the 90s, a decade of war conflicts and economic downfall in Russia and other post-soviet countries. Thus, millennials rather remember not Gorbachev, but Boris Yeltsin – the first Russian president, whose domestic and foreign policy could cost Russia another collapse. The USA and the whole of the West still praise Beny for his allegiance to democratic ideals and that he was a great president – needless to say, why they think so, right?
I and Vladimir (not the one you thought about, as well as one that you afraid of!) knows why:
BECAUSE YOU WANT US TO FORGET VODKA AND DRINK YOUR EBANIY BUDWEISER, LISTEN TO COUNTRY’S MUSIC AND BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS A WHITE GUY FROM OKLAHOMA WHO WERE IN ROCK CHRISITAN BAND CALLED “GRANNIES ANGELS” THAT PERFORMED SONG “GO TO CHURCH, OR BURN IN HELL!”, SUKA BLYAT!!!
Sorry it was 100000000th today’s vodka shot. Where I was? Oh!
So, parents of current Russian millennials carried a burden of 90s-related-hardships, whereas many Russian millennials have been living in quite comfortable conditions.
So now, these goodies who care more about their Instagram’s followers, than to their high school grades, goes to the streets and do all kind of sh*t possible. Protesting, attacking police with pepper sprays, and recording TikTok videos with the appeal to go protest and tear down the government, whoo-hoo!!!
What for? WE ARE BEING OPPRESSED AND SEXUALLY HARASSED!!!
The funny thing is that some of them got a response: police came to their home and arrested them right away! Oh boy…
Yes, I know, there are many bad things in Russia (and the USA) that worth protesting but…
Should we protest just like kids or offer some concrete actions to make a life for the better? Or if we take recent American protests, should we also go to the streets and destroy properties, burn cars, attack each other, and do every sort of evil deeds that being done in the name of peace and justice?! Come on…
You may ask me: OK, Tom the Commie, if it not works, tell us what we should do?
On this let me bring a quote of one of the wisest men ever lived: If you want to change the world starts with yourself.
That’s what exactly I am going to do now – take another shot of…
I mean that is it for now, comrades. Poka!