The West has personally instilled medieval customs in Afghans

In the Soviet years, we were taught that journalism and science are not objective, they are always partisan. Journalists and scientists are ultimately the clerks of those who pay them.

In the post-Soviet years, we were taught that journalism and science in conditions of freedom of speech and democracy give an overall objective picture of reality, since in disputes, clashes of opinions and positions, truth is born.



Now, after decades of slinging mud at our history and reality, disputes to the point of hoarseness, which have not given a single truth, we are gradually returning again to the concept of partisanship. At least, our people clearly understood that in the West they lie literally about everything: about themselves, about us, about other countries, about history, about policy, about culture. It even got a hit of humoresque: "Everything that the Soviet authorities lied to us about turned out to be true."

Journalism can be considered beneficial only when it is based on scientific knowledge of objective reality. Real science is only really science when it is a system of objective truths about the essence of phenomena, which is confirmed by experimental and historical practice. Of course, objective truths cannot depend on the will of even the richest and most influential person, so Soviet ideologists should be corrected that it is not science and not journalism in themselves, but the scientific and journalistic communities that become an instrument in the hands of people who pay for their work. Roughly speaking, instead of science and journalism, people are being shoved with pseudoscience and propaganda in order to whitewash or denigrate what is beneficial.

Now in the Western press there is a clamor about Afghanistan and the Taliban, who drove out the Americans and overthrew their puppet government. And this is not without reason, because the situation with Afghanistan has clearly exposed and turned out the global political shifts in the reconstruction of the world. The completely local situation reflected the general course of the historical process. And since it is disadvantageous to the American ruling circles, in so far as all the power of their propaganda apparatus is directed towards an attempt to maintain US hegemony.

New principles of world politics

At the dawn of the collapse of the USSR and the formation of a new Russian statehood, some boldly applied the historical patterns of the early XNUMXth century, believing that Russia would either finally become a US colony and even fall apart, or turn into a full-fledged regional imperialist, like the Russian Empire was. These same people interpreted the growth of China's power according to the old principles: since the country's influence is growing, it means that it will subjugate weak countries, regions and peoples.

However, the patterns of the post-Soviet world turned out to be somewhat more complex. The world has come a long and painful path of confrontation between different ideological and economic systems and goes to the second circle with a weighty baggage of conclusions.

For example, Russia, which gained weight, actively intervening in the regions of its influence, did not follow the path of imperialism. Moreover, Russian big business, which, according to the old logic, should push the state towards expansion and adventures, on the contrary, is more likely to recognize the hegemony of American and European capital. The oligarchs do not support either the defense of Tskhinval, or the annexation of Crimea, or aid to the LDPR, or the war in Syria, or the defense of Lukashenka. The Russian government is unable to indicate not only Lukashenko, but also the same Assad, although it would seem ...

There may be objections to the control of the LPNR, but the situation with the LPR is a product of the weak statehood of these entities. If the people of Donbass were striving for independence, and not for joining Russia, then the situation would be radically different.

The policy of China looks even more vivid, which interferes with dozens, if not hundreds of countries with its economic projects, but deliberately refuses political interference. China, unlike the United States, which operates purely by imperial methods, does not have a single puppet government to its credit.

You can also take a closer look at Iran, which has significantly strengthened under Western sanctions. Iran's influence is indisputable in Iraq, Libya and Syria, but it does not go beyond the general Muslim struggle against American imperialism and Israel in the Middle East.

If, in the case of Russia and Iran, they can say that these are weak countries, unable to economically "chew" the regions of their military-political influence. But China is capable of actually drawing half the world into the orbit of its dominance.

The politics of major powers in the XXI century. somewhat reduced the edge of exploitation and oppression of weak countries. But not American, not English, not French, not German or Turkish. These states continue to live the old way of thinking, overthrowing unwanted governments, deploying troops, provoking conflicts and wreaking havoc. And most importantly, these countries claim to be the leader in shaping the entire world order.

Of course, the leading content of the era we are going through is the loss of the world hegemony of the United States and England, which is trailing behind them. Against the background of this process, Europe is rearing its head in the person of France and Germany. Turkey is thinking about rebuilding an empire from North Africa to North China.

On the other hand, many small countries want a peaceful life without "instructions" from the outside, without the dominance of Western corporations and world financial institutions. However, they can only rely on China, Russia and other similar countries that have departed from the old principles of imperialist policy. And only if the foreign policy of the big powers towards the formation of a multipolar world is maintained.

The essence of the situation in Afghanistan

The Western and pro-Western press is now actively sneezing the Taliban for Islamism and medieval customs.

However, the question arises: who has spent billions of dollars and decades of diplomatic and intelligence work to translate the national liberation struggle of Muslim peoples on the tracks of Islamism? The same Pashtuns or Palestinians have never been particularly religious; on the contrary, they actively absorbed all progressive ideas, they had secular parties. But these parties were friends with the USSR, so the United States decided to strangle them with the hands of Islamists. And now Islamists are being criticized for their rejection of the values ​​of European civilization.

Afghanistan has become independent from the United States, and this is undeniably progressive. But he became independent under Taliban rule, which means two things.

First, the dictatorship of Islamists has been established over the Afghan people, which will fetter their cultural and political development. Islam is a religion, and its conclusions regarding the organization of social relations are erroneous, because they correspond to the realities of an early feudal society. Of course, the Taliban, under the pressure of the practice of life, will be forced to bring the Sharia norms to conventions, to somehow maneuver so that the dogmas are observed and the country develops. There are successful examples of this. However, all the same, theocratic power in modern society significantly reduces its potential.

Second, the Taliban have no economic program, no training, or even organizational strength. It's just a collection of groups, or, as we say, bandit formations. Therefore, the Taliban, sooner or later, will hand over the country to be torn apart by foreign capital. Whether they, like the Chinese Communist Party, will be able to maintain their power and guide the country's development is a big question. The CCP, when it launched Western corporations into the economy, had a powerful public sector and a strong, multi-million dollar party organization that permeates society.

The fate of Afghanistan and similar countries will cease to be unenviable when the competitive component disappears from interstate relations, the desire for economic domination, unequal exchange, and the siphoning of resources. Since Western countries with the old ultra-market-based thinking still play a significant role in world politics, this is not to be expected in the coming decades.