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Mirror of Generals
Every tragedy in the army or backlash of the society leads to thoughts
that army is the reflection of the society and mirrors the values,
mentality and relations that dominate the society. Meanwhile, everyone
in Armenia knows that these values, mentality and relations are not
encouraged in Armenia. Criminal mores, instincts, fears and complexes
etc which often acquire ugly expressions in public life.
But is the statement `army is the mirror of the society' pertinent?
Yes if everything is left unattended. If left unattended, nothing will
change either in the society, or in the army.
How does the society change? It is interesting also in the context of
declaration of the revolution of mind by Prime Minister Sargsyan. The
society will not change automatically. It will automatically go wild
because as a rule instincts and complexes are faster and wilder than
consciousness.
The society is changed by means of specific tools which the elite of
the society uses. In the case of Armenia, the word `elite' is used in
inverted commas. There is no elite in Armenia, there is a group that
has usurped public wealth.
The army is the mirror of the society.
The army could and should be one of the tools which elite uses to
change the society. Therefore, the country needs political and
military elite which lives with other mores and thinking and fights
against the `pop culture' transferred to the army, forms a new
thinking which the demobilized soldier will transfer onto the society.
The Armenian army lacks everything. It is dominated by criminal mores
where young people take an exam of those mores before further life.
The majority of officers do not bother themselves, they prefer
formation of a self-governed hierarchy the head of which will report
to the officer. Very often there is no reporting at all, and officers
obey the hierarchy.
The army generals care for their own businesses. The command cares for
pathetic speeches which is never translated to a political process and
followed by substantial steps towards forming new military elite which
will be tasked to change the culture in the army, turning army to a
tool of change of the society.
At first sight, it may seem strange because army is conservative by
nature while modernization of the society is a process that requires
broad freedoms. However, in Armenia everything is upside down so it
is not the right time to follow the rules.
Hakob Badalyan
13:07 22/05/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/29942
Every tragedy in the army or backlash of the society leads to thoughts
that army is the reflection of the society and mirrors the values,
mentality and relations that dominate the society. Meanwhile, everyone
in Armenia knows that these values, mentality and relations are not
encouraged in Armenia. Criminal mores, instincts, fears and complexes
etc which often acquire ugly expressions in public life.
But is the statement `army is the mirror of the society' pertinent?
Yes if everything is left unattended. If left unattended, nothing will
change either in the society, or in the army.
How does the society change? It is interesting also in the context of
declaration of the revolution of mind by Prime Minister Sargsyan. The
society will not change automatically. It will automatically go wild
because as a rule instincts and complexes are faster and wilder than
consciousness.
The society is changed by means of specific tools which the elite of
the society uses. In the case of Armenia, the word `elite' is used in
inverted commas. There is no elite in Armenia, there is a group that
has usurped public wealth.
The army is the mirror of the society.
The army could and should be one of the tools which elite uses to
change the society. Therefore, the country needs political and
military elite which lives with other mores and thinking and fights
against the `pop culture' transferred to the army, forms a new
thinking which the demobilized soldier will transfer onto the society.
The Armenian army lacks everything. It is dominated by criminal mores
where young people take an exam of those mores before further life.
The majority of officers do not bother themselves, they prefer
formation of a self-governed hierarchy the head of which will report
to the officer. Very often there is no reporting at all, and officers
obey the hierarchy.
The army generals care for their own businesses. The command cares for
pathetic speeches which is never translated to a political process and
followed by substantial steps towards forming new military elite which
will be tasked to change the culture in the army, turning army to a
tool of change of the society.
At first sight, it may seem strange because army is conservative by
nature while modernization of the society is a process that requires
broad freedoms. However, in Armenia everything is upside down so it
is not the right time to follow the rules.
Hakob Badalyan
13:07 22/05/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/29942