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MOSCOW, May 24.After the start of the special operation, the Russian elite found themselves at a loss and mourning the past life instead of casting aside their contempt for their country and starting to work, theater director Konstantin Bogomolov wrote in the article «Dietary grief» for .
According to Bogomolov, in Russia there are «special world»
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«A country within a country. Community within society. The world of «special Russians». Let's call it «mansion». This mansion is virtual. But at the same time, it is completely real. There are special people there. They are not smarter than others. Although many do. They are definitely not prettier than the others. Just prettier. They are absolutely not decent. They are often richer or more educated. But that's not what makes them special. What makes them special is the consciousness of being special,” he wrote.
“Paradoxically, ninety percent of these “special” people call themselves Europeans and enlightened liberals. They profess the ideas of democracy. Equality. Justice. But deep down they despise of their insufficiently successful, insufficiently «advanced», «dark» fellow tribesmen,» the director believes.
In his opinion, the «special» can be combined into two subclasses: people with money or opportunities and a conditional intellectual-intelligentsia class.
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“So an alliance of financially successful plebeians and financially mediocre intellectuals was formed. And perhaps there is not and cannot be closer than a union — these two classes are glued together not by profit, but by misfortune: loneliness in one's own country. That same consciousness of being «special». For both of them, furiously despising each other, even more passionately despise their own people,” Bogomolov writes.
«They do not mourn for spilled blood. They mourn their happy laughter. Their veneer smiles. Their serene life. Their paradise,» he explained.
According to Bogomolov, now we need to stop reflecting on the lost past, because «the train of history has gone on different tracks.»
«It's time to leave suffering about the past. It must die not only physically. It must die in the hearts of the living. The dead must die twice… The present has meaning and purpose. And truth, and spirit. And authenticity. You only need be able to get out of the «mansion», roll up your sleeves, and work, and live, and believe. You must cast aside contempt for your country and your people and hear the rumble of history and the voice of people,» he believes.
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