A poem.
I have long thought whether to post a link here or not. However, the poem is heavily inspired by Hetalia's Ivan and Alfred, by current world politics and by the global results of the Cold War. I guess this makes it relevant to the community.
Title: "The Killer Speaks"
Author: _lapochka.
Genre: poetry
Rating/Warnings: PG
Summary: The future. America's waking nightmare.
Some cultural & historical notes:
- Torgau at the Elbe is the place of the official meeting of American and Soviet armies on April 25, 1945.
- One of the main reasons for the current financial crisis is the American financial policy, esp. the policy of subprime loans. Judging by all signs, the crisis hasn't taught the financial sector any lasting lessons.
- Ivan the Fool is, like Ivan Tsarevitch (Ivan the son of the Tsar), the most common hero of the Russian fairy tales. In fact, the Fool and the Son of the Tsar in the tales are mostly interchangeable. They both represent the prototypical Russian.
- Tsarist Russia, a deeply Christian Orthodox society, considered itself to be a holy land, the Third Rome, taking this place after Byzantium had fallen to the Turks in the 15th century. After the 1917 Revolution, the idea of Russia's global mission became secularized and expansive - the country was destined to bring communism to the world and liberate humanity from wars, exploitation, poverty, inequality, hunger, racism, ignorance and generally from suffering and evil. A holy mission that tragically failed when Russia lost the Cold War... or maybe much earlier, when the Bolsheviks resorted to politics of mass murder and terror.
- The popular American culture, the Hollywood movies and especially the enchanting American music, was one of the main factors that contributed to the Soviet defeat in the ideological warfare. The effect this popular culture and its values (sex, drugs and Rock'n'Roll and also a glamorous criminal lifestyle) had on the Soviet youth amounted to ideological and aesthetic poisoning. (I know what I'm talking about because I grew up in the USSR in the 80s and 90s. I felt this effect on myself, I was there.)
- For the Russian people, the consequences of Russia's defeat in the Cold War have been terrible. The nation is slowly dying out (too few children are born and of those born, too many are sick), an almost completely destroyed economy, legal system and education, and a corrupt government that often acts like an enemy to its own people and does nothing to protect the Russian national interests. Many political scientists claim that these tendencies make a downfall of the current system in Moscow and a further partitioning - a national destruction - of Russia inevitable. In all the years since 1991, the United States have powerfully supported the corrupt government that has put the Russian people in such a sorry state. In fact, Yeltsin remained in power for his second term due to US support only.
- The Scytians were an ancient people who lived on territories that are now mostly Russian. Some metal faces found in their burial mounds show eerie, serene or disturbing smiles.
The Killer Speaks. A poem.
Title: "The Killer Speaks"
Author: _lapochka.
Genre: poetry
Rating/Warnings: PG
Summary: The future. America's waking nightmare.
Some cultural & historical notes:
- Torgau at the Elbe is the place of the official meeting of American and Soviet armies on April 25, 1945.
- One of the main reasons for the current financial crisis is the American financial policy, esp. the policy of subprime loans. Judging by all signs, the crisis hasn't taught the financial sector any lasting lessons.
- Ivan the Fool is, like Ivan Tsarevitch (Ivan the son of the Tsar), the most common hero of the Russian fairy tales. In fact, the Fool and the Son of the Tsar in the tales are mostly interchangeable. They both represent the prototypical Russian.
- Tsarist Russia, a deeply Christian Orthodox society, considered itself to be a holy land, the Third Rome, taking this place after Byzantium had fallen to the Turks in the 15th century. After the 1917 Revolution, the idea of Russia's global mission became secularized and expansive - the country was destined to bring communism to the world and liberate humanity from wars, exploitation, poverty, inequality, hunger, racism, ignorance and generally from suffering and evil. A holy mission that tragically failed when Russia lost the Cold War... or maybe much earlier, when the Bolsheviks resorted to politics of mass murder and terror.
- The popular American culture, the Hollywood movies and especially the enchanting American music, was one of the main factors that contributed to the Soviet defeat in the ideological warfare. The effect this popular culture and its values (sex, drugs and Rock'n'Roll and also a glamorous criminal lifestyle) had on the Soviet youth amounted to ideological and aesthetic poisoning. (I know what I'm talking about because I grew up in the USSR in the 80s and 90s. I felt this effect on myself, I was there.)
- For the Russian people, the consequences of Russia's defeat in the Cold War have been terrible. The nation is slowly dying out (too few children are born and of those born, too many are sick), an almost completely destroyed economy, legal system and education, and a corrupt government that often acts like an enemy to its own people and does nothing to protect the Russian national interests. Many political scientists claim that these tendencies make a downfall of the current system in Moscow and a further partitioning - a national destruction - of Russia inevitable. In all the years since 1991, the United States have powerfully supported the corrupt government that has put the Russian people in such a sorry state. In fact, Yeltsin remained in power for his second term due to US support only.
- The Scytians were an ancient people who lived on territories that are now mostly Russian. Some metal faces found in their burial mounds show eerie, serene or disturbing smiles.
The Killer Speaks. A poem.