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`SKINHEAD' WAS SCARED, AND NOT ONLY HIM
Lragir.am
28 July 06
A well-known political scientist of Armenia, who is also known as a `devoted
servant' of the defense minister Serge Sargsyan, recently wonderedwhy his `
boss' blundered and became united with the Republican Party and took the
corrupt officials and representatives of the criminal business along with him.
Probably, the political scientist thought that Serge Sargsyan was so ingenuous
as to fail to realize that people would get disappointed with him.
Of course, it is difficult to explain to the political scientist that unlike
him Serge Sargsyan and his `team' know that they are not going to solve
their problems thanks to the sympathy of the society. They have got used to
other preferable technologies, gaining the ability to make the public accept and
not foil their plans. Certainly, we won't insist that this time they
calculated everything perfectly. More exactly, they made a mistake in their
calculations, as it became clear immediately after the conference of the Republican
Party. It does not mean, however, that their belief in their almightiness has
vanished.
As formerly, we again deal with a rather delicate strategy in Armenia with
underlying confidence (at least), reliance on fear to gain political
influence. In other words, the belief that consistent preaching of fear isthe best
means of affecting public consciousness and consequently ruling the public.
This political practice is typical of the criminalized societies of the
post-Soviet space. Those years of unlawfulness reinforced the false beliefthat
justice is something unattainable in the public consciousness. And in those
years political groups emerged, for whom this public consciousness is excellent
basis to guarantee power for them. These figures realized that they only
need to instill in the public that it is impossible to change anything in this
life because THEY will not allow. In other words, a political methodology
emerged, which was based on having the public accept their fate.
It is absolutely clear that this methodology is the only hope of regimes the
political essence of which is clear to the public. These regimes cannot
speak with the public about national interest, their usefulness, and so on. These
talks are useless and are Pharisaic. Therefore this talk is turned into a`
fair' dialogue with such a scheme, `We are criminals, but it will not help
you, because we are powerful, so let us get on well with one another.' In other
words, it is a dialogue, intended to lead to the recognition of their right
to rule. That is to say, the bluff of `almightiness' is the only hope of the
people who believe that there is no other means of making or persuading the
public to recognize their right. It can be seen with the naked eye that the
peculiarity of preaching of the government forces in Armenia is
self-praising. These forces are reluctant to display other merits, such as
awareness of
the country's strategic goals, ability to strengthen and develop the state and
so on. It is only said why this force cannot be defeated.
It would be ingenuous to think that someone will give up this strategy in
today's Armenia. Meanwhile, there is another reason why the plans of these
forces are a failure. The native `heroes' failed to understand that they have
become too many. In this state of things, the atmosphere of fear imposed on the
public does not produce its effect. The `greatness' of theRepublicans
encountered the `greatness' of 210 thousand of Gagik Tsarukyan. The machine of
fear broke down. Now they have to scare each other with the public laughing at
them. Here the imagination of our `heroes' expired. And the well-known
political scientist perhaps started worrying about his fate. And not only the
political scientist.
It was curious to follow the brave young Republican Armen Ashotyan explain
quite recently to the Armenian public that Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous
Armenia) Party is a trade office with advertisements, whereas now he denies his
words, accusing the press of having distorted his words. Whereas it happened
so that Gagik Tsarukyan solemnly remembered the name of the poor guy,
promising to give an `appropriate' answer to everyone likehim. And so on...
Yes, the time of the `bluff of almightiness' and the policy of struggle for
power based on it is over. Access to the government camp is restricted for
self-declared lords. Forgetting about the public, different types of political
coincidences encountered the problem of frightening each other. For the
Armenian public, all they can do is to gather them in a box and send them where
they should be. For political scientists, all they can do is to mourn for the `
fall of Rome' and cry, `whereas we told you should not have...'
MELIK AVANYAN
Lragir.am
28 July 06
A well-known political scientist of Armenia, who is also known as a `devoted
servant' of the defense minister Serge Sargsyan, recently wonderedwhy his `
boss' blundered and became united with the Republican Party and took the
corrupt officials and representatives of the criminal business along with him.
Probably, the political scientist thought that Serge Sargsyan was so ingenuous
as to fail to realize that people would get disappointed with him.
Of course, it is difficult to explain to the political scientist that unlike
him Serge Sargsyan and his `team' know that they are not going to solve
their problems thanks to the sympathy of the society. They have got used to
other preferable technologies, gaining the ability to make the public accept and
not foil their plans. Certainly, we won't insist that this time they
calculated everything perfectly. More exactly, they made a mistake in their
calculations, as it became clear immediately after the conference of the Republican
Party. It does not mean, however, that their belief in their almightiness has
vanished.
As formerly, we again deal with a rather delicate strategy in Armenia with
underlying confidence (at least), reliance on fear to gain political
influence. In other words, the belief that consistent preaching of fear isthe best
means of affecting public consciousness and consequently ruling the public.
This political practice is typical of the criminalized societies of the
post-Soviet space. Those years of unlawfulness reinforced the false beliefthat
justice is something unattainable in the public consciousness. And in those
years political groups emerged, for whom this public consciousness is excellent
basis to guarantee power for them. These figures realized that they only
need to instill in the public that it is impossible to change anything in this
life because THEY will not allow. In other words, a political methodology
emerged, which was based on having the public accept their fate.
It is absolutely clear that this methodology is the only hope of regimes the
political essence of which is clear to the public. These regimes cannot
speak with the public about national interest, their usefulness, and so on. These
talks are useless and are Pharisaic. Therefore this talk is turned into a`
fair' dialogue with such a scheme, `We are criminals, but it will not help
you, because we are powerful, so let us get on well with one another.' In other
words, it is a dialogue, intended to lead to the recognition of their right
to rule. That is to say, the bluff of `almightiness' is the only hope of the
people who believe that there is no other means of making or persuading the
public to recognize their right. It can be seen with the naked eye that the
peculiarity of preaching of the government forces in Armenia is
self-praising. These forces are reluctant to display other merits, such as
awareness of
the country's strategic goals, ability to strengthen and develop the state and
so on. It is only said why this force cannot be defeated.
It would be ingenuous to think that someone will give up this strategy in
today's Armenia. Meanwhile, there is another reason why the plans of these
forces are a failure. The native `heroes' failed to understand that they have
become too many. In this state of things, the atmosphere of fear imposed on the
public does not produce its effect. The `greatness' of theRepublicans
encountered the `greatness' of 210 thousand of Gagik Tsarukyan. The machine of
fear broke down. Now they have to scare each other with the public laughing at
them. Here the imagination of our `heroes' expired. And the well-known
political scientist perhaps started worrying about his fate. And not only the
political scientist.
It was curious to follow the brave young Republican Armen Ashotyan explain
quite recently to the Armenian public that Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous
Armenia) Party is a trade office with advertisements, whereas now he denies his
words, accusing the press of having distorted his words. Whereas it happened
so that Gagik Tsarukyan solemnly remembered the name of the poor guy,
promising to give an `appropriate' answer to everyone likehim. And so on...
Yes, the time of the `bluff of almightiness' and the policy of struggle for
power based on it is over. Access to the government camp is restricted for
self-declared lords. Forgetting about the public, different types of political
coincidences encountered the problem of frightening each other. For the
Armenian public, all they can do is to gather them in a box and send them where
they should be. For political scientists, all they can do is to mourn for the `
fall of Rome' and cry, `whereas we told you should not have...'
MELIK AVANYAN