One should never claim that some people is "not fit for democracy". Aspiration for freedom and voice is universal even if not yet realized.
December 27, 2009 But this display of loyalty wasn’t enough for the authorities. Yabloko hasn’t been allowed to win any major elections since 2003. The party also had huge debts after its lost campaigns. The latest Moscow Duma elections were a disaster for Yabloko when Mitrokhin lost his deputy seat. It became clear that Yabloko had no chances to win any elections without submitting to the Kremlin completely. The only other option was to join the opposition ranks and inevitably lose the official registration (i.e. the right to participate in elections, under current legislation) and face harsh repression. No wonder the party’s leadership didn’t want such a fate.
To guarantee the full loyalty of Yabloko, Mitrokhin needed to get rid of “troublemakers” within his own party. Such were the most independent and popular activists (like the head of St Petersburg branch Maksim Reznik or a well-known journalist Andrei Piontkovsky), who were already participating in different opposition projects. The latest resolution was therefore both a way to clean the party of its democratic wing and a signal that Yabloko was ready to surrender — A kind of a white flag visible from the Kremlin’s towers.
The latest decision makes Yabloko a part of the system of managed, or “sovereign” democracy built by Vladislav Surkov. This concept implies that all democratic institutions exist in paper, but are in fact imitated and controlled by the government. Elections are held regularly but their outcome is known in advance. Freedom of speech is praised but only exists on the Internet and in some papers with limited circulation. There are parties that call themselves opposition but they will never challenge the existing government or try to take its place. This system is used to fool and calm down people both inside and (maybe even more) outside Russia. -Oleg K https://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/yabloko-throws-in-the-towel/#more-19224......................................................................................................................................
400. Anything unusual is seen by them as an aberration of nature. Their understanding of nature's laws is forged by cowardice. Fetishes and taboos, as before, still stand as overseers of humanity, and Teachings of Life are constrained by conventional science or are suffocated by the incense of temples. -Morya: Agni Yoga 1929
599. Let man not be afraid that on the path of cognition he will be left without further sources of knowledge. The magnet of striving will attract the best possibilities to the seeker. Many bear witness as to how they unexpectedly found assistance for further advancement. Only let doubt not overshadow the light of discoveries! -M: Aum 1936
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There exists in the world today a very dangerous sense of earthly sophistication which is wholly rooted in personal pride; in the grips of this pseudo-reality individuals consider themselves qualified to be the arbiters of their own destiny....
The narrow gate must exclude the paltry errors of men, but they must be willing to recognize the fact that they have erred and to come to that contriteness of heart whereby we can impart to them safely and in divine measure the commands of the Infinite over the finite mind and being.
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142. Exterminators of the vegetation of the planet's crust are like state criminals.
160. We avoid suggestion except in certain instances when a direct danger can be avoided. It is a different matter when you see an already molded consciousness awaiting a spark from without, but any forcible invasion is condemned. This principle must be affirmed in the community, especially since you know the unlimited effectiveness of the will. When you know that not only people and animals but even objects are moved by the will then you know that a wave of the will must be directed precisely and circumspectly.
177. We as members of the community pursue the task of true economy, and each finer-energy apparatus must be safeguarded. Carefulness is the more needed because often the potential of finer-energy does not coincide with intellect, and it is necessary to determine the quality of finer-energy possibility. Forcing finer-energy into a direction foreign to it will be a most dangerous aspect of compulsion.
180. Song, color and sound must not be shut up in artificial hothouses. These values must accompany life, anonymously surrounding people with the caress of beauty.
185. Distinguish great works from corpses.
190. Can people naively think that they are able to conceal falsehood merely by arrogant words? Words are not worth a nod of the head. Flight reveals the species of birds. The bird of prey reveals itself from afar.
198. He who wishes to plow must have his plow. He who wishes to attain must understand his weapon. The people of the West have overshadowed their consciousness with the weightiest thoughts, but the joy of knowledge has become something almost indecent.
(-Roerich: Fiat Rex, 1931)
-Morya: Community 1926
(-Roerich: Fiat Rex, 1931)
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