Do Russians love white lies?
BY
DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Are Russian values
changing?
It appears so, rather
quite rapidly.
Russian news agency
RIA Novosti published a survey of attitude of Russians towards certain issues,
revealing a shift in their thinking about them since the fall of Soviet Union.
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State lies are common
universally and regimes openly lie about almost every issue
as their key policy.
But individuals and
society at large in Soviet Russia, molded by new ideology of human service
stated by the regime, following the October Revolution, were
reportedly framing a positive mindset. This positive
mindset was ruined by the regime itself over years through corruption and
crimes
Human attitude in
post-Soviet Russia seems to have undergone drastic changes- from common good to
individual and private benefits, extra selfishness.- at par with other
societies in the world . Irrespective of religion, creed, color race, etc, this
crude beast mentality has ruined all chances for common good. .
Capitalism and
imperialism guide the human and society values in
the most destructive ways and humanity is at their
mercy!
Neighbor’s destruction
has become a positive achievement of individuals. Telling lies is one of the
worst embodiment of human behavior and rampant in societies-
A poll on Russian
morals released recently by the Levada Center claims that
the percentage of Russians who say it is acceptable to tell
white lies has almost doubled since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Just 33 percent of those surveyed in 1992 said they considered lying
for a good cause to be acceptable, while 61 percent gave that answer
when the same question was asked last month. The number of those
who declined to give an opinion on the subject fell from 31
percent to 14 percent.
Attitudes
to sex before marriage have also significantly changed, according
to the poll. Just after the fall of the Soviet Union, 42 percent
of Russians said sex before marriage was acceptable, but this rose
to 58 percent in 2013. The poll had a margin of error
of 3.4 percent.
Though
more people are willing to express their views openly, their mindset is yet to
become strong and credible.
There
was a poem titled "Do Russians want war?",
written during the cold war period when a real direct war between USA
and Russia looked possible. .
Now
the question is do Russian values change and
in what sense?
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BY DR.
ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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