I often hear such statements on the Internet: “the West is our enemy. America and Europe want us to ruin. They benefit from the weakening of our country to make it easier to plunder us.”
Let’s figure it out. What does the West really want?
First of all, we should recognize …
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Probably, in each team of negotiators there are “hawks” and “pigeons”.
“Hawks” are people who adhere to a tough, aggressive policy. They advocate a complete victory in the negotiations, often take an uncompromising stance on certain issues. Any compromise is considered a betrayal of the interests of the team or the …
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What’s my attitude towards Russia?
I respect it, because for me Russia is not only Putin, Zhirinovsky, Kiselev.
For me, Russia, first of all, is Lomonosov, Mendeleev, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Popov, Gagarin, the great sons of their Motherland, people, who made a great …
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– Hello, Marat-aga. My name is Azamat. We are friends with you on Facebook. I read you often.
– Hello, Azamat. Very nice to meet you.
– It’s great that we met in real life. I wanted to tell you something.
– Well. Go ahead.
– I want to ask …
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Every time after visiting Europe, I tell about European countries with admiration.
I do not see anything wrong with that.
We all learn something from each other.
When foreigners come to us, they also like something in us. For example, …
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I often set an example for us, Kazakhstanis, American and European lifestyle. I say how much the order is higher, laws are more effective and democracy is stronger there.
Some readers perceive this as servility to a specific country the United States or to some of the European countries.
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Mankind survived the capitalist revolution when it realized that the interested labor is better than the forced labor.
Then there was the industrial revolution, when everyone realized that it was better to let the machines work rather than people.
Now the world is experiencing an intellectual revolution, …
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I often hear about the so-called Western propaganda. Say, the West undermines our traditional foundations, and wants to destroy our way of life.
And sometimes I myself feel like such a “bomber”.
I have one friend from a neighboring republic. It is a beautiful country …
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– Dad, what’s going on in Ukraine?
– Since when did you become interested in politics?
– Everywhere, on all channels, they only talk about Ukraine, but I missed the beginning and now I do not understand what is going on.
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Back in the 1990s, when I first came to the USA, only one episode broke my euphoria about the Western way of life.
We with a local friend went along the unfrequented street and admired the city. Suddenly, we were overtaken by a car from with incredibly loudly carried rap music. In the car there were …
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