I was born in the final days of Soviet Azerbaijan. I grew up in the 1990s, when Soviet influence was still very much present.
On X, the world's largest online platform, I see people from all over the world admiring authoritarian, closed and brutal leaders and their systems. I find it both sad and amusing.
But especially those of you in the free world, remember this: We have lived under closed systems. We know what they are like. We have also lived in the free world. We know the difference. But you have never lived under a closed system. You have no real idea what it is like. And you never will.
I would say that the Chernobyl series is one of the best ways to understand how a closed and brutal system works. I have been telling everyone this for seven years.
You will see how a system responsible for a disaster can ignore not only its own people but the entire world. You will see ordinary people, bureaucrats and leaders whose minds have been poisoned by ideology. They become cruel and act like robots.
In every closed system, admitting failure, accepting mistakes or saying sorry can threaten the entire system, its ideology and the state itself. It can mean the collapse of everything. They will hide the truth at any cost. Even if millions die. Even if the whole world is at risk.
In the free world, mistakes can come to light. At worst, the government loses power. The state and the system remain.
Today, closed systems like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea still exist, along with their proxy forces. Be sure of one thing: if a global disaster like Chernobyl happened today, they would try to hide it. Just as most of the world knows very little about what goes on inside these systems.
One weakness of the free world is that authoritarian regimes can easily use its own rules and freedoms to spread propaganda. Most people don't even realize they are being influenced.
Don't believe them. Their goal is to influence you and extend the life of their regimes.
Watch Chernobyl. There is nothing fake in the series. It isn't Hollywood propaganda.
You will also learn about another tragedy in Ukraine's history. As an Azerbaijani, I understand Ukrainians very well. Azerbaijanis are among the people who understand them best. We also suffered under the cruelty of the same system.
I was born in the final days of Soviet Azerbaijan. I grew up in the 1990s, when Soviet influence was still very much present.
On X, the world's largest online platform, I see people from all over the world admiring authoritarian, closed and brutal leaders and their systems. I find it both sad and amusing.
But especially those of you in the free world, remember this: We have lived under closed systems. We know what they are like. We have also lived in the free world. We know the difference. But you have never lived under a closed system. You have no real idea what it is like. And you never will.
I would say that the Chernobyl series is one of the best ways to understand how a closed and brutal system works. I have been telling everyone this for seven years.
You will see how a system responsible for a disaster can ignore not only its own people but the entire world. You will see ordinary people, bureaucrats and leaders whose minds have been poisoned by ideology. They become cruel and act like robots.
In every closed system, admitting failure, accepting mistakes or saying sorry can threaten the entire system, its ideology and the state itself. It can mean the collapse of everything. They will hide the truth at any cost. Even if millions die. Even if the whole world is at risk.
In the free world, mistakes can come to light. At worst, the government loses power. The state and the system remain.
Today, closed systems like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea still exist, along with their proxy forces. Be sure of one thing: if a global disaster like Chernobyl happened today, they would try to hide it. Just as most of the world knows very little about what goes on inside these systems.
One weakness of the free world is that authoritarian regimes can easily use its own rules and freedoms to spread propaganda. Most people don't even realize they are being influenced.
Don't believe them. Their goal is to influence you and extend the life of their regimes.
Watch Chernobyl. There is nothing fake in the series. It isn't Hollywood propaganda.
You will also learn about another tragedy in Ukraine's history. As an Azerbaijani, I understand Ukrainians very well. Azerbaijanis are among the people who understand them best. We also suffered under the cruelty of the same system.
Ukrainians: don’t want to be enslaved and killed by russians.
Russians: want to enslave and kill Ukrainians.
A random Western thinker: “Why not to seek for a compromise?”
Почему ни одна из бывших советских республик не желала и не желает присоединиться к РФ если она такая благополучная , мирная , справедливая , доброжелательная и богатая федерация ? Почему ???
Путин: «Чтобы закончить войну, нужно устранить первопричину конфликта».
Стубб: «Если нужно устранить первопричину конфликта, придется устранить Россию».
Президент Финляндии - отличный переговорщик с Россией от Европы
Məncə, sənin dediklərini ciddiyə almayıb qısa cavab verib səni yola saldığımı hiss etdin amma qəbullanmadın. İstəyirsənki, dərsini verim. Azərbaycanda iqtidarın qəzetləri belə oxunmur və satılmır. Paylanılır. Uzun illərdir belədir. Şərq qəzeti dediyin 2000-ci illərin əvvəlində başlayaraq populyar idi amma heç o vaxtda ən məşhuru deyildi. Qəzetlərə və saytlarına verilən müsahibə hamısı nərdivanaltıdı. Deyirəmdə, uşaqsan, çox şeydən xəbərin yoxdu.
@elci1918 Təkrar edirəm, raufu mənə tanıtdırma səndən qabaq tanıyıram. Raufkimilər hər zaman "kullanışlı aparatdırlar". Çox ciddiyə alırsan.
Amerikalı kimi deyirsən bilmirəm amma ağlıma gələnləri deyirsənsə mənim blokumdadılar. O da sənin kimi populist biridi.
Bədbəxtliyində burdadı da elə. Həkimsən, ciddi işlə məşğulsan amma savadsız barbara az qala sitayiş edəsən. Uşaqlıq deyil? 7 yaş da balacasan məndən. Belə də uşaqsan. Raufu hələ 2022'də spacedə "döymüşəm". Milliyətçiyəm deyib Rusiyapərəstlik etdiyi üçün. Son hadisələrlə bağlı DM'də də danışmışıq, özünə də demişəm "normal həyatda masamda oturtmayacağım ciddiyə almayacağım birisən amma burada müəyyən kütləyə xitab edirsənsə ciddiyə alıb başına oyun açaram". Azərbaycan iqtidarının ciddiyə almayacağı tiplərdi bunlar, Bakıya gedib ağzını yummaq üçün yola veriblər, nərdivanaltı xəbər saytından müsahibə alıblar elə bilib dövlətlə görüşüb:)) Gəlib burda spacelərdə uşaq-muşağa satır bunları. Azərbaycanı əsl sən və rauf kimilər tanımır. Güldürməyin məni.