Democracy not linked to elections argues Putin

Sustainable social development is impossible without a competent state, while genuine democracy is a fundamental condition for developing a state designed to serve public interests.

Real democracy cannot be created overnight and cannot be a carbon copy of some external example. Society must be completely ready for using democratic mechanisms. The majority of people must see themselves as citizens of their country, ready to devote their attention, time and efforts on a regular basis to taking part in the process of governance. In other words, democracy is effective only when people are ready to invest something in it.

In the early 1990s, our society was inspired by the dissolution of the Soviet one-party rule and administrative command system, which went on right in front of people's eyes. It seemed that the transition to government by the people would be quick, especially since we had models of civilised and mature democracies in the form of the United States and Western Europe readily to hand. But the introduction of democratic mechanisms to Russia meant that nearly all of the necessary economic reforms were brought to a halt, and these mechanisms were later taken over by the local and central oligarchic elites, who shamelessly exploited the state and divided up the nation's wealth for their own benefit.

I know from my own experience that many honest and clever officials were working for the public benefit during that period. It is thanks to them that the state did not perish, that routine problems were resolved, for better or for worse, and some badly needed reforms were implemented, albeit inconsistently and slowly. But on the whole, the existing system proved to be stronger.

As a result, the democracy campaign of the 1990s did not create a modern state but provoked an under-the-carpet power struggle among clans and a feudal system with officials eking a living from their posts. Instead of a new quality of life we were lumbered with huge social expenses, instead of a free and fair society, we got arbitrariness by self-appointed "elites," who flagrantly disregarded the interests of common people. As a result, Russia's transition to democracy and a market economy was "poisoned" by people's steadfast distrust in these notions and an unwillingness to participate in the life of society.

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Anonymous Launches Music Albums!

The folks at Radio Payback and AnonRadio teamed up to launch a music Album dedicated to Anonymous. The first one gained a lot of support, so they decided to launch a second one. Both are linked here!

The Newest Album, titled "Revolution", is dedicated to outline Anonymous's role in the revolutions of 2011, mixing different world genres. A spokesperson said that this album is a Part I segment of another disc, involving more songs including Greece, OWS, and others. And yes, it's free.

The purpose of the album was to have music for Anonymous, by Anonymous (and others), together in one place, so that people interested don't have to hunt down for the newest songs. We did that for you. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride.

Plus it'll help those who are participating in Operation Black March, ride out the storm. Just remember: it's only 30 days.

Enjoy this one!

The Newest Album:

Anonymous (The Album II): Revolution
Year: 2012
LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?aj3bbhcfwfsmj

Missed the first Album?
Anonymous (The Album): The Beginning
Year: 2011
LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?7zo71v32wq958

Happy 2012 rEvolutions

It's time to wake up. Everybody has a deep inner feeling about things going wrong on this planet. Our mission will be to give power to the people and to eradicate fear. What fear? Fear of the government, corporations, other people, the fear that holds you back from being yourself, from creating, from living.

Be patient. Be determined. Be a Space Monkey.
Ready to sacrifice yourself for the greater good.
Changing the World isn't a weekend retreat. It's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go! LET GO!
We cannot and won't expect to 'mutate the World' until we have begun
to EVOLVE and MUTATE OURSELVES.
Once you have found yourself, you will Find The Others.
Once you have found The Others, you will be finding yourself.
Don't try to "convince" others: very specially, DON'T WORRY ABOUT "results".

The Internet is our most powerful tool and weapon. Power is afraid of Internet. Our might is bigger than any other organisation. We CAN and are ABLE to open the eyes of the World.
It might take some time until this MIND VIRUS expands to your local area.
The time has come to CONSPIRE and to spot fellow Anonymous dormant cells in your area.
Wait the Anonymous signal to COLLAPSE the System and to #OCCUPYREALITY. Your goal in the game is to find as many Anons Bros as possible.

Report and share teh LOVE & LULZ at #OPREALITYHACKING

After all, the Universe might just be a big JOKE, right? ☺

LULZ kills fear: that's the Spirit!

IGNORE "opposition" or "defiance" to "prove" your newly found "powers" and
just KEEP ON SHINING, KEEP ON CREATING and KEEP ON SHARING.

The best way to predict the future is to CREATE IT.

✖ iMAGIne. aCKt. ✖

1. You DO ask questions.
2. Truths be Revealed: the World will see an
unprecedented amount of Corporate, Financial, Military and State leaks.
3. No excuses.
4. No lies.
5. You HAVE to trust Consciousness: *** TEST *** it for YOURSELF. Remember: we will NEVER ever DO anything against our own Consciousness.

Creative Human Beings: OUR LEGEND BEGINS

JOIN PROJECT MAYHEM
THE END OF FEAR
21.12.2012

#PROJECTMAYHEM2012
#PM2012

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Occupy Godot

The signs posted to evict Occupy Pittsburgh were simple white board with black lettering. They reminded me of something and it bugged me all day. Then I remembered:

It’s the stage directions for Beckett’s Waiting for Godot as staged by Paul Chan in New Orleans after Katrina. His 2007 production was prompted by Chan’s own sense that the devastated city reminded him of something. When he remembered the scenario for Godot, the New Orleans streets now seemed to him to call for a production of the play. Audiences flocked to see it and the endless waiting of the “tramps” made sense to people in post-Katrina New Orleans because of their own interminable delays with FEMA and other governmental authority.

The three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh run into the Ohio river and from there into the Mississippi, down on to New Orleans. There’s a connection at work here. We could play with this is in a number of registers. Perhaps the “tramps” that have nowhere else to go have been evicted by Godot, who no longer wants them to wait. Perhaps Vladimir and Estragon have decided that they have had enough of being tramps and have occupied the country road: Occupy Godot. Perhaps Lucky disrupts their General Assembly.

Chain of associations: in the original French production of En Attendant Godot, Lucky was played by Jean Martin, a former member of the French Resistance, as indeed was Beckett.

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Occupy 2012

From Dazed Digital:

In a series of interviews taken from the February issue of Dazed & Confused, we let musicians, writers and thinkers tell us why this is the time to fight for a fairer future. First up... Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja

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