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live under the cloud of his own delusions, of a kind of ideological kinship with founding father,
Alexander Hamilton. I call his ideas delusions for the simple reason, that Alexander Hamilton
was closer ideologically to Vladimir Putin than anyone in the United States system of governing.
Brooks has to know this, so making the mysterious villain of Putin must have other
consequences. There is no mysticism in Russian ideals at the moment, which is unless you are
an atheist or Satan worshipper.
Like Alexander Hamilton and others 'monarchists' of that time, Putin has to wrestle with the
dilemma confronting his Russian people. Democracy clearly will not work, for the world is lucky
to still be partially in tact, even despite Wall Street and Arab Spring melting points. Debt creation
and well oiled printing presses at the US treasury cannot be 'the way'. Just as certainly as
believers in God will eventually rebel against agnosticism or devil worship, the people will one
day soon abandon failed economics models. Putin and his advisers know this. We all do. Paul
Craig Roberts' proclamation that we have entered the 'Looting Stage of Capitalism', is the most
poignant evangelical point for 2016. To synthesize his comments:
'Everywhere in the Western world a variety of measures, both corporate, and governmental,
have resulted in the stagnation of income growth. In order to continue to report profits, megabanks and global corporations have turned to looting.'
So, Putin's Russia, even China and the other BRICS, are gravitating away from the rapidly
disintegrating capitalist/democratic experiment. And this is the root of today's crises, but there
is something more, and the 'third way' is both emblematic in humanity's legacy, and from within
an ethereal context. 'Spirit' and enlightenment are a component of Putin's 'New Russia'. And to
grow such a construct will require a Machiavellian heart, only directed for a brave cause. Unlike
his western counterparts, Putin is a religious man, bent on defending Orthodoxy, as well as
'third way' ideas.
Against an Illegitimate Enlightenment
Just as the European Enlightenment undermined ideas of morality, and the notion of 'Lucifer',
the new age ultra-liberalized western world has been on a mission to revamp spirituality and
morals. The idea 'everything is alright if it feels good', has been fed the intravenous drug of
public acquiescence, especially in America. But the reality of human spirituality cannot be
legislated out, media cannot propagandize an ancient tenant out of our systems. Just as 19th
Century artists recollected the mysteries of God and the Devil as a counterinsurgency against
the theoretical justification of evil's passing, so too Putin and modern players rekindle our
imaginations. Excuse my metaphors again, but our spirituality has been under assault for
decades now. To quote Mark Hackard's translation of an essay entitled 'IVAN ILYIN: ON THE
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to the problem of governance. The 'third way' reconciled good and evil, and the rational versus
the irrational. What New York Times scholars write off as hocus pocus mysticism is in reality
reconciliation. In short, Putin and his experiments may provide the answer. For example, author
Alexander V. Zenkovsky attempts to reconcile mystical realism as:
'Acknowledging all the reality of empirical world, but also another reality behind; the two
domains of being are real but not equal: empirical being can only exist for the account of
mystic reality.'
The 'Oh So' Peculiar Russian Way (It may be 'the' way)
As to Mr. Putin's enacting this 'third way' liberalization of Russia, his nation's peculiarities and
history, the whole (Russian idea), demands a more flexible system for realizing the application of
liberal principles. This is something Putin has tried to explain to westerners many times, but
which is also purposefully overlooked. This Foreign Affairs piece lets us know western think
tanks fully understand Putin's strategies, but choose to convolute them for obvious ideological
reasons. Author Anton Barabashin is the Managing Editor of The Intersection Project, which
partners with the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding, which is affiliated with
George Soros' Open Society Foundations etc. And his co-author Hannah Thoburn is an Adjunct
Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., which is closely tied to the Rockefeller family
(see 'Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America', by Edward Jay Epstein). Make no
mistake about it, everything is being thrown against the notion of change, by western
institutions vested in their own logic. We cannot expect western capitalistic democracy to
willingly deconstruct its ideals, now can we?
So, the political immaturity of Russia, is reflected in the metamorphism we see Russia
undergoing now. It is this 'immaturity', and the necessary experimentation by Putin, which
present the biggest hurdles, and greatest potential for Russia and the world. Yes, Putin's
government takes on the cloak of totalitarianism at times, but this is a transient necessity.
Remember, Russia is as much a 'process' as a thing. In my view, we shall soon see 'Putin's
philospher's' ideas transform not only Russia, but the world system we currently live under now.
In fact this is already apparent, looking at how pitifully ineffective leaders in the west have been
in curtailing Russia's progress. Sanctions don't work, vilifying Putin only makes him more loved,
NATO cannot advance, Soros and the others are being kicked from Russia, at every turn the
inevitable gets more real.
Finally, IIyin wrestled with the idea liberal values could be reconciled with the public will via
another approach. The civil core of society needs the lawful understanding of an authoritarian
construct, while at the same time spiritual and other freedoms finalize the Utopia. Put simply,
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Russia is in the perfect position to experiment with a sustainable model for humanity. And Putin
is the perfect blacksmith for forging something new and improved. The people must really
understand any system, in order to trust the system. And the system cannot survive in the chaos
of ramped self interest. Communism and socialism won't do, and neither will dictatorships, or
the capitalist devil. I say we give Putin a chance. If there is no 'third way', we can always restart
Babylon.
It's been done 100 times before.
Phil Butler, is a policy investigator and analyst, a political scientist and expert on Eastern
Europe, exclusively for the online magazine 'New Eastern Outlook'.
http://journal-neo.org/2016/06/14/what-if-vladimir-putin-does-know-a-third-way-for-society/
'Natural law as a necessary form of spiritual being is the most precious possession of
humanity.
Outside of this form there is no path either to wisdom, to virtue, to Divinity, or to the ultimate
and highest satisfactions of spirit.
Every diminution of natural law degrades human worth; each violation of it is spiritually
contrary to nature.
Therefore it is essential to guard and to uphold it against those who violate it and dont
recognize it; it is essential to protect it, affirming it through collective, organized recognition,
proclamation and realization'
- Ivan Ilin Aleksandrovich: conscience of law
'Das Naturrecht als eine notwendige Form des geistigen Seins ist das wertvollste Gut der
Menschheit.
Auerhalb dieser Form gibt es keinen Weg entweder zur Weisheit, zur Tugend, zur Gttlichkeit,
oder an die letzte und hchste Zufriedenheit des Geistes.
Jede Herabsetzung des Naturrechts degradiert menschlichen Wert; Jede Verletzung ist geistig
gegen die Natur.
Daher ist es wichtig, es zu bewahren und gegen diejenigen zu verteidigen, die sie verletzen und
es nicht erkennen; es ist wichtig, sie zu schtzen es durch kollektive organisierte Anerkennung,
Bekanntmachung und Verwirklichung bekrftigen'
- Ivan Ilin Aleksandrovich: Recht des Bewusstseins