This is one of the Iranian Programs.
Posted on 07/13/2007 5:26:40 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
It's official. To be patriotic in Russia is to be a fan of Putin, specifically a Putin Youth. During the celebration on June 12th of Independence Day (Russia from the Soviet Union in 1990), "the only groups allowed onto Red Square were the youth group Nashi" - which means "ours" - "the Young Guard and Young Russia," according to Sergei, a Nashi supporter. Tickets were carefully dispensed only to the faithful near the Krasny Ploshad Metro from a truck, I finally discovered after questioning a dozen reluctant people holding the tickets.
The 120,000-odd Putin Youth members are perhaps the most creepy demonstration of Putin's "Back to the Future" cult of personality - youth groups created, supported, and used by the Kremlin to harass, bully and intimidate opponents and critics. "The idea was to create an ideology based on a total devotion to the president and his course," says a Kremlin adviser, Sergei Markov. Obsessed by the color revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia, the Kremlin decided to create their own loyal youth brigades. ...
There is something deeply contemptible about propagandizing and poisoning the minds of the young, even more so when they are carelessly used as government shock troops to intimidate and bully critics. The government is now eating the seed corn of young minds for some cheap political advantage, a tactic of all dictatorships, which try to ensure their permanence by instilling robotic loyalty in the young, and Russia will pay for it for many years. The Putin Youth get to be punks, terrorizing foreigners and "traitors" with near complete impunity (a few $20 fines for attacking an ambassador), and receive training, free college and professional connections that can give them high-powered careers - a win-win situation, from their point of view.
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I have to admit, this is a bit creepy.
What’s next? Special uniforms? Torchlight rallies? I wonder what how they say “Triumph of the Will” in Russian.
“To be patriotic in Russia is to be a fan of Putin..”
Stalin is, even today, casting a long shadow.
There used to be folks on this board that saw Stalin as a great Russian patriot. I think most of them are now banned.
Reminds me of the Nazi Youth groups during WWII.
Another worth reading.
This is one of the Iranian Programs.
The Russia government has approved a plan to make people more patriotic.
The $17m programme will urge youths to mark military victories, and will fund the re-introduction of military-style games in schools.
There will also be healthy lessons in the curious subject of "correct reproductive behaviour" - Kremlin-speak for patriotic sex education.
Boosting patriotism is one of President Vladimir Putin's priorities but it is unclear if the move will achieve that.
The Soviet Union may have been short on freedom and democracy, but the one thing it had plenty of was patriotism.
For decades, one-sixth of the world's land surface was adorned with hammers, sickles and busts of Lenin.
The country echoed to the sound of spectacular military parades on Moscow's Red Square.
Putin Youth, these are called Children of Rosenthal.
Indoctrinating the young is vital. This is why liberals determined in the 50’s/60’s that they need to fill public schools with liberal teachers.
NOW we need to do the reverse.
That’s exactly what I was thinking (about the Hitler Youth Groups)...How scary! Putin is really showing his true colors more and more now. I hope more people wake up to it.
I’d honestly like to know how Bush REALLY feels about Putin — whether he’s changed his mind from that infamous “I’ve looked into his eyes” rhetoric or not, ya know? In addition to the Islamic Radical threat, I think this whole “neo-socialism” trend (can’t call it communism, ya know...) is creeping up there right now as a threat as well. Too many dictators springing up nowadays with anti-Liberty rhethoric and actions. I think it’s time to really start taking it seriously, IMHO.
Ping for you two; Thunder90, and Cindy... Truly scary stuff coming out of Russia these days.
I forgot to ping you to this article when I posted my response, and I thought you would be interested in seeing it... It would seem that history is again repeating itself in Russia (or should I say the “New & Improved” Soviet Union).
Cal, your photo, filled my mind with Hillary Clinton.
In many of the Russian articles that I have read, these ‘youth’ are called “Skinheads”.
Yes, they are the nazi youth of today.
The same ones on the streets of America.
They had a trial for a bunch of them in Nevada last week, I caught part of the news on them.
thanks
Yes, Skinheads are one of the groups.
You have to wonder if Russians recognize the similarity between ‘Putin’s children’ and ‘Hitler youth’.
“The government is now eating the seed corn of young minds for some cheap political advantage, a tactic of all dictatorships, which try to ensure their permanence by instilling robotic loyalty in the young, and Russia will pay for it for many years. The Putin Youth get to be punks, terrorizing foreigners and “traitors” with near complete impunity (a few $20 fines for attacking an ambassador), and receive training, free college and professional connections that can give them high-powered careers - a win-win situation, from their point of view.”
Is this how Putin himself grew up?
“There will also be healthy lessons in the curious subject of “correct reproductive behaviour” - Kremlin-speak for patriotic sex education.”
Does that mean they should actually carry their babies to term? But only if they are “patriotic”?
Of course.
Many do not realize, it was German agents that got Lenin in power.
The Russian Tsar banished Lenin to Switzerland. Stalin was in prison in Siberia. Trotsky was exiled in New York.
During the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Tsar and his family were placed under arrest.
After Lenin obtained power, Stalin and Trotsky returned to Russia. Lenin had the Tsar, his family and their followers shot in 1918.
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