Explanation of the American "Maidan"

The degree of unrest in the United States rises higher every day - street pogroms, killings of security forces, burned-out cars ... Despite the fact that you and I are well aware that they’re certainly going for no coup (in the usual sense of the term) will not result. But the civil protest rallies throughout the United States have already been called "American Maidan" on social media. And you know, in addition to irony, there is something in this comparison.

Having detonated as a result of the killing of an African American by a white policeman, after a few days the protests ceased to have an exclusively “black” color. Native Americans joined the rebels soon, so that social and racial consolidation was surprisingly quickly achieved by the protesters and now poses a real threat to the current US political elite. At least for some of its representatives, in particular those who adhere to the right-wing conservative course. His personification, of course, is the current US President Donald Trump.

It would seem that the ideals with which American protesters are moving are far from the worldview of Ukrainian radicals, but in this case it does not really matter. In an ideological sense, the Americans received the "Maidan on the contrary", but, I repeat, this is not so important. The chaos factor itself is important, which is the fundamental active force in such events. I will expand this thought.

Over the past few decades (30, maybe 40 years), the United States has adhered to a “controlled chaos” strategy, which was actively distributed to state entities that broke away as a result of the collapse of the USSR, and then to dozens of other countries of Eastern Europe (and with the beginning of the “Arab Spring” ”This American trend from the 1990s again found widespread use in Egypt, Libya, Syria and other countries in the region). So, adhering to the strategy of "controlled chaos", the States, unexpectedly for all, were themselves absorbed by it. The only question is how much it is controlled and by whom.

We will move on to the details, but speaking generally, everything that is happening in America today is, in a sense, the notorious historical justice. As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. Sowed chaos - got chaos.

At the same time, I am far from the gloating, often attributed to convinced quilted jackets, to which I undoubtedly belong, but I do not like when peaceful people suffer, in whatever country this happens. It is only on the one hand that chaos seems most dangerous to the elites - they suffer enormous material losses. But in one way or another, the elites will twist, get out, run away in the end to where quiet and smooth. And ordinary hard workers will die in unrest, then suffer from unemployment and the elementary lack of money needed to support the family.

But along with sympathy for those who suffer from American chaos, I am grateful to these protests, including for a wonderful lesson. An illustrative lesson for those who believed and still consider Russia to be a police state. Who compares the actions of the Russian Guard at the rallies with almost a massacre of African dictators. Against the background of how the American security forces work and disperse the protests, our Russian riot police seem like good boys with impeccable education received in a high-school school. It is enough to track on which day of the rally the first shots were fired (no matter what weapon), and then recall what our Rosgvardeytsa are usually armed with, who are sent to disperse unauthorized processions.

No, of course, the problems of professional deformation, unfortunately, have not been canceled, and they take place in the ranks of absolutely any power structure. But the question is in the systematic approach. And if we compare domestic methods of working with the crowd, which are guided in Russia, with a similar system in the United States, the behavior of our security forces will look much more liberal than American.

Therefore, I am sincerely, extremely sincerely surprised at why our liberal human rights defenders are silent. Why are they not indignant at the aggressive actions of the American authorities towards their own people? Maybe the American people need air support in order to get security and guarantees of a democratic future?

According to my observations, only my friend, military commander Zhenya Poddubny, stood up for the dissatisfied Americans. I will quote him: “... I believe that it is completely unacceptable to use force against peaceful protesters in the United States. The government should immediately begin a dialogue with society through the mediation of representatives of China, Venezuela and Russia. Representatives of these countries should become mediators and guarantors of the process of resolving the conflict in the United States, send their observers, and organize interaction with popular movements. The US government is obliged to obey the will of the civilized world. " Exactly, ironically, Zhenya wrote in his Telegram channel - and, damn it, he wrote it right!

As for the American elites themselves, they did not bother too much with whom it would be best to turn arrows. The Russian trace in protests appeared already on the third day of the “American Maidan”. I won’t be surprised that another day or two - and among the protesters Chepiga and the rest of the GRU will be found.

The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.