Serious-Looking Man In Suit Jacket

Uladzimir Khalip
31.08.2023, 10:45
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Don't you see? Don't you know him?

Overlords are unlucky. An outstanding personality who has come to absolute power will not have time to realize the limitless possibilities, as a rattling bell is already ringing obsessively somewhere. No, it's not a warning from fate. This is just a sign that the next election is coming up. Everyone knows the date - 2024. No way to step aside or turn away. Some kind of dirty feeling of fragility of seemingly stable existence remains, although everything seems to have been securely covered long ago. The rituals invented somewhere sometime by some proud democrat must be observed.

That is why the Kremlin administration suddenly began to fuss and hastily and diligently build up a shock brigade of sparring partners of the main applicant at the end of the summer. Nothing special, it seems. All the familiar faces. Proven and reliable. They participated in the presidential race more than once. They have never let anyone down, neither their traditional voters nor the one with whom they allegedly competed in the arena of unprecedented rampant imperial democracy.

Of course, Comrade Zyuganov, the ardent leader of the Communists, is the head of the sacred circle of competitors. He is always involved. Gaining his 17%-18%. That is why he is valuable - he does not claim more. Why does he need more? What will he do if he wins by chance? Will he lead the country to communism? Thanks, we've been there already. Not all came back. Keeping a low profile gives a great advantage over all Passionaries and all sorts of other Сarbonari. His own Central Committee is above all. It means job opportunities for friends and associates, funding and whatever. Also, traditional gratitude and invaluable attention from the winner, because you played so hard along with him.

Zhirinovsky with his LDPR [Liberal Democratic Party of Russia - Ed.] was always the second, as a rule. But those days have passed and are almost forgotten. The current leader of the once most noisy party is trying to imitate his prematurely passed away predecessor even in small things, but the scope is far from the same. Of course, he would gladly take part in this hard battle of candidates. But what about the rating?!.. It seems that he has every reason for such a game. A talkative participant in that same meeting in the political bloc of the presidential administration, who leaked to reporters the basic principles of forming the main stooges, spoke very flatteringly about his candidacy. “He is quite suitable - a serious-looking man, in office and in a suit jacket.”

This is how a simple Kremlin functionary clearly described the now dominant image of a worthy candidate in this country, dissatisfied with something all the time. So what's the problem? They can only include the leader of this once noisy political party in the appropriate lists and let him to the arena when the time comes. But not so simple.

Two parties are not enough for such a shock group. And therefore, the New People political party, created in 2020, was identified as the third. It seems to be also liberal and partly centrist one. Why did the administration choose it? Yes, because it unconditionally supported the invasion of Ukraine. What other arguments are necessary? Choose a serious-looking man in a suit jacket and go straight to the elections. The candidate will not fail. Also, he won't impose his style of game. Everything will go according to plan.

However, there is a glitch. The current leader of this party suddenly became "naughty". He doesn't rush to get in. Because the rating is also useless - it seems to be only two percent. Of course, it would be worthwhile to diligently fulfill his stooges role for a common cause. However, because of this weak rating, the risk is too great. You can end up with an offensive nickname. Sure, there are new ones in such a party who are ready to turn the leader out for the sake of a career. But they have no any chance. Their age is a problem - about 30 years old. And this is worse for the Kremlin's value system than the rating of the ill-fated 2%.

The one and the same insider who spread the rumor about the Kremlin's hasty preparations on the electoral front remarked, among other things, that the age limit would be the main criterion of forming a group of candidates. The passing score in this prestigious group is 50 years old or above. Not young and smart. No one should contrast with the main candidate, who is 70 years old already. So that the voters do not have side thoughts on this matter. Moreover, he seems to be ready to participate in the 2030 elections in the same role and with the same result. The winner gets 80%.

It makes sense. The political bloc of the Kremlin administration, hangover, built this win-win system for the leader to stay in his favorite chair for life. Life is good. The roles are distributed. The play will go on.

Most importantly though, the gas station gives a steady profit. The illusion of a prosperous system is supported by all forces and means. Everything is going according to plan, "no analogues".

Is it true that this carefully built system seems to be real? It may collapse one day under the weight of its own perfection. And besides, there is really no any role for voters in this administrative game. How many times, even in the most totalitarian countries, it was voters who broke the intricate schemes of the current government. Then the rulers suddenly remembered that there were other people in the country besides them.

They have nothing to do with the people? The presidential elections were announced. The result is known in advance: a serious-looking man in a suit jacket. Сlearly and specifically. All questions about the candidacy disappear immediately. One has only to look around.

Serious-Looking Man In Suit Jacket

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