Posted on 09/30/2022 1:28:32 PM PDT by Cathi
Here is Part 2 of Putin’s speech. (Part 1 is at the top of this thread.)
I want to make special note of the fact that there is every reason to believe that the Western elites are not going to look for constructive ways out of the global food and energy crisis that they and they alone are to blame for, as a result of their long-term policy, dating back long before our special military operation in Ukraine, in Donbass. They have no intention of solving the problems of injustice and inequality. I am afraid they would rather use other formulas they are more comfortable with.
And here it is important to recall that the West bailed itself out of its early 20th century challenges with World War I. Profits from World War II helped the United States finally overcome the Great Depression and become the largest economy in the world, and to impose on the planet the power of the dollar as a global reserve currency. And the 1980s crisis – things came to a head in the 1980s again – the West emerged from it unscathed largely by appropriating the inheritance and resources of the collapsed and defunct Soviet Union. That’s a fact.
Now, in order to free itself from the latest web of challenges, they need to dismantle Russia as well as other states that choose a sovereign path of development, at all costs, to be able to further plunder other nations’ wealth and use it to patch their own holes. If this does not happen, I cannot rule out that they will try to trigger a collapse of the entire system, and blame everything on that, or, God forbid, decide to use the old formula of economic growth through war.
Russia is aware of its responsibility to the international community and will make every effort to ensure that cooler heads prevail.
The current neocolonial model is ultimately doomed; this much is obvious. But I repeat that its real masters will cling to it to the end. They simply have nothing to offer the world except to maintain the same system of plundering and racketeering.
They do not give a damn about the natural right of billions of people, the majority of humanity, to freedom and justice, the right to determine their own future. They have already moved on to the radical denial of moral, religious, and family values.
Let’s answer some very simple questions for ourselves. Now I would like to return to what I said and want to address also all citizens of the country – not just the colleagues that are in the hall – but all citizens of Russia: do we want to have here, in our country, in Russia, “parent number one, parent number two and parent number three” (they have completely lost it!) instead of mother and father? Do we want our schools to impose on our children, from their earliest days in school, perversions that lead to degradation and extinction? Do we want to drum into their heads the ideas that certain other genders exist along with women and men and to offer them gender reassignment surgery? Is that what we want for our country and our children? This is all unacceptable to us. We have a different future of our own.
Let me repeat that the dictatorship of the Western elites targets all societies, including the citizens of Western countries themselves. This is a challenge to all. This complete renunciation of what it means to be human, the overthrow of faith and traditional values, and the suppression of freedom are coming to resemble a “religion in reverse” – pure Satanism. Exposing false messiahs, Jesus Christ said in the Sermon on the Mount: “By their fruits ye shall know them.” These poisonous fruits are already obvious to people, and not only in our country but also in all countries, including many people in the West itself.
The world has entered a period of a fundamental, revolutionary transformation. New centres of power are emerging. They represent the majority – the majority! – of the international community. They are ready not only to declare their interests but also to protect them. They see in multipolarity an opportunity to strengthen their sovereignty, which means gaining genuine freedom, historical prospects, and the right to their own independent, creative and distinctive forms of development, to a harmonious process.
As I have already said, we have many like-minded people in Europe and the United States, and we feel and see their support. An essentially emancipatory, anti-colonial movement against unipolar hegemony is taking shape in the most diverse countries and societies. Its power will only grow with time. It is this force that will determine our future geopolitical reality.
Friends,
Today, we are fighting for a just and free path, first of all for ourselves, for Russia, in order to leave dictate and despotism in the past. I am convinced that countries and peoples understand that a policy based on the exceptionalism of whoever it may be and the suppression of other cultures and peoples is inherently criminal, and that we must close this shameful chapter. The ongoing collapse of Western hegemony is irreversible. And I repeat: things will never be the same.
The battlefield to which destiny and history have called us is a battlefield for our people, for the great historical Russia. (Applause.) For the great historical Russia, for future generations, our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We must protect them against enslavement and monstrous experiments that are designed to cripple their minds and souls.
Today, we are fighting so that it would never occur to anyone that Russia, our people, our language, or our culture can be erased from history. Today, we need a consolidated society, and this consolidation can only be based on sovereignty, freedom, creation, and justice. Our values are humanity, mercy and compassion.
And I want to close with the words of a true patriot Ivan Ilyin: “If I consider Russia my Motherland, that means that I love as a Russian, contemplate and think, sing and speak as a Russian; that I believe in the spiritual strength of the Russian people. Its spirit is my spirit; its destiny is my destiny; its suffering is my grief; and its prosperity is my joy.”
Behind these words stands a glorious spiritual choice, which, for more than a thousand years of Russian statehood, was followed by many generations of our ancestors. Today, we are making this choice; the citizens of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and the residents of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have made this choice. They made the choice to be with their people, to be with their Motherland, to share in its destiny, and to be victorious together with it.
The truth is with us, and behind us is Russia!
(Applause.)
I’ve talked to a number of Latino people, and they view
illegal immigration very negatively.
One perception they have, is that their ancestors came and
worked their asses off to make it here. They view those
who come today as jumping on government programs and
stealing those services from citizens, of whom they
happen to be now.
There’s bitterness about it.
I said over 30 years ago, if the Republican party would
just pull their head out of their ___, they’d realize
all they need to do is promote law and order in their
communities, and stick to strong Christian values.
Mexican ex-patriots would vote for them en mass.
Now they seem to be figuring it out. But I am reminded
of the Republican’s ability to steal defeat out of the
jaws of victory.
The most significant thing he said was that the fall of the Soviet Union was a tragedy.
He also glossed over a century of communist atrocities, including all of those during the “Great Patriotic War” as they like to call it, while making a big deal out of the British bombing of German cities. Crass hypocrisy, as anyone familiar with the situation in Poland near the end of the war could attest.
As to some “hegemony” interfering in the affairs of other countries to their own benefit, that sounds like a template Comrade Vladimir Putin should be very familiar with, and if he wants to say that this wrecks other countries, well look at Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, what has communism done there other than to wreck those countries?
Nobody believes the results of these referenda held in occupied territory with votes collected under duress. If Russia was not able to practice nuclear blackmail, they would be dealt a substantial blow for invading a sovereign nation under the pretext that said neighboring country was planning to invade and destroy them. When and with what?
Russia is just angry that it can’t figure out how to prosper in the international community, and that is largely because they have replaced any semblance of a free market with an oligarchy that operates like communism without the symbols or direct reference to Karl Marx. Why is it that half of their oligarchs seem to have died in recent months, unless perhaps somebody in the government is demanding their absolute loyalty or face an early death? Or because they know things that are dangerous to know?
Putin makes some points about globalism that many might find true, but we don’t want or need his sort of assistance in fighting it.
That is some Nazi sh#t right there.
If Putin physically gave that speech, that would indicate he may be healthier than rumored. Sad to say, but compared to the cripple Biden...Putin sounds strong.
The Ukraine/Crimea/USSR/Russia thing has been going on so long it is very difficult to figure it out. It seems as if opinions are being formed along prejudicial lines....i.e...west is captitalistic good....east is commie scum
The perception of moral idiocy and decadence of the west is gonna turn out to be a military liability. Lots of guys would feel better fighting such perceived degenerates.
I am not defending Putin, but different counties perceived world events differently from us.
Perfect example, Osama bin Laden had remarked that George H.W. Bush had basically gifted his son G.W. Bush the presidency. One way we understood the election was that it was a titanic free election struggle between corrupted Al Gore and Bill Clinton vs. the strong America of post WW2 and cold war successes. Bin Laden could only see nepotism.
If you want to watch him give the speech (and it is simultaneously translated into English you will find it here on FR at 1:28 time mark. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4097306/posts
Putin is in perfect health, as always.
Totally agree.
The Russian genocide starved the Ukrainians in this area.
Yeah, I think the reconquista was oversold a little bit. Its primary adherents are Leftist Hispanic university professors - but neither immigrant kids nor cartel bosses seem especially interested in overthrowing the USA nor in elevating any of those academic losers to become their new King. Both groups would rather make money from the USA the way it is - disorganized and ineffectual.
Putin is a Communist.
What have we been doing to nearly every country on Earth since the end of WWII?
Fake.
I read both parts of Putin’s speech. We have to be open to listening to other world leaders because they believe what they’re saying and will react accordingly. The world is changing in ways that will make us uncomfortable. Putin and his people believe they’re in a good place. The game continues.
What a load of doggerel.
>>> American culture is increasingly self-destructive, hedonistic, narcissistic, sexually degenerate, and pitting race against race in the quest to destroy “whiteness.”
American culture is not unifying. It’s actually tearing itself apart.<<<
I used the word strong. Which could be good or bad. The Roman Empire was strong and to a large extent was very evil. American culture is so powerful. I had no idea how so, until I went abroad for the first time. And while our culture may have a ton of toxicity within it, that is besides teh point for the purpose of this discussion. I really don’t see a group of foreigners from Mexico coming to live here without assimilating. Now if this was a group of Muslims I would probably be arguing the opposite point. As history has shown how they don’t assimilate in France, despite there being three generations there.
You watch, the third generation of dreamers won’t even know how to speak Spanish.
“The whole world knows that the top officials in these countries are being spied on and that their offices and homes are bugged.”
aside from the usual suspects whom we all recognize by now, no one with a brain would deny this after the merkel business.
“What have we been doing to nearly every country on Earth since the end of WWII?”
During the Cold War, we had an aggressive enemy fueling revolutions and it was us or them, and our dictators were generally better than their dictators - so I was very cool with it.
After the Cold War, we needed to control the Third World for the Green New Deal (and its predecessors), plus making some greenbacks - that’s where I said enough is enough.
Bastardized Catholicism and Protestantism is not what we need.
lot of these illegals pretend just like the Dems do.
People who legally come to USA are not the problem.
The fact we’re treated as Mexico’s welfare program, is a problem.
Fact is San Jose CA has more billboards up currently in Spanish then English, because the illegals are refusing to learn. Fact is some of these neighborhoods look and sound like Mexican ghettos.
Fact is illegals are breaking laws by being here. We don’t need more lawbreakers, we need more honest people.
Your “documentary” is likely correct on legal immigrants. That’s not the bulk of what’s coming in.
‘...spanish speaking people will have basically replaced white people...’
‘spanish speaking’ is not a skin color...
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