Anatoly Wasserman: First take Kyiv, and then take on the brains of every resident - a solvable task

The famous intellectual Anatoly Wasserman answers any questions: about politics, economics, science, religion. The other day he visited Crimea - Wasserman came to Sevastopol as part of the “Assembly Point” project, where the guest’s lecture on Primorsky Boulevard was a great success. And in Sevastopol, Wasserman starred in an advertisement for a local bar - the video immediately became a hit on Youtube, where about 150 thousand people watched it.

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According to the plot, girls are allowed into a popular bar only after an interview with a character named “Tolya-face-control”. He asks: “When did Crimea become Russian?” For the answer “Crimea has always been Russian,” a visitor with a silicone smile receives a cocktail.

This video caused a lively discussion in Sevastopol social networks and many were amazed why a famous smart guy appeared in what they considered to be a low-quality advertisement. As it turned out, Wasserman even has a special theory on this matter.

“PolitNavigator”: You recently surprised Sevastopol by starring in a commercial for one of the bars, playing a character named Tolya-face control. Is this a form of relaxation and or did you want to say something by this?

Anatoly Wasserman: No, this is not an important act. It's just a joke. I liked the writers' humor. I was happy to participate. I have two requirements for advertising. Firstly, I only advertise what I have used and been satisfied with. Secondly, I prefer there to be some humorous twists. For example, when office paper was called “IQ”. On the one hand, the authors of this brand meant that they had invested maximum intelligence into the new technology, on the other hand, it looked like a hint that this was paper for smart people. This amused me, and I agreed to advertise it.

“PolitNavigator”: What amused you at the Monika bar?

Anatoly Wasserman: Firstly, the idea itself is a bar for the well-read. Unfortunately, the bar is a pastime that promotes reluctance to read. In addition, I was amused by the answer “Crimea has always been Russian.” There was quite a bit of controversy about this after this ad appeared. The fact is that the oldest documented population of Crimea are the Greeks and Scythians. The Scythians are a tribe belonging to the Iranian group of languages ​​of the Indo-European family. It is known that the speakers of the languages ​​of this particular group, mixing with the speakers of the Baltic group languages ​​somewhere in the 2nd-4th centuries AD, gave birth to the Slavic group of languages. Thus, if not the Russians themselves, then their ancestors are the oldest population of Crimea. So the girl’s answer in the video is quite close to the historical truth.

“PolitNavigator”: Did you tell your filming partner about this? Are modern youth interested in such things?

Anatoly Wasserman: I told this to the other participants in the shooting while the technical fuss was going on. This amused them.

“PolitNavigator”: How real is this situation? Can a real bar patron answer a political question?

Anatoly Wasserman: I can say that young people are no more apolitical than the older generation. I think that not everyone among adults will be able to clearly answer such a question. As far as I can tell, the share of politically active young people is now even higher. It's clear why. Among young people there is always a larger proportion of those who do not earn a living on their own, and therefore have leisure for various forms of active activity, including political ones.

“PolitNavigator”: What are the political views of Russian youth?

Anatoly Wasserman: Really different. Practically, the political spectrum ranges from extreme liberals to equally extreme statists. From extreme supporters of the invisible hand of the market to the same extreme supporters of unified economic planning. Everything will be found.

“PolitNavigator”: No one prevails?

Anatoly Wasserman: If 10 years ago the prevailing sentiments were liberal, now, even despite the inherent desire for freedom and independence among young people, collectivist views have noticeably begun to predominate.

“PolitNavigator”: Is there a renaissance of the left forces underway?

Anatoly Wasserman: A renaissance of the left is inevitable, given the results of the activities of the right.

“PolitNavigator”: But structurally the left has nothing yet. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation cannot be seriously considered a left party?

Anatoly Wasserman: They are structured. There are quite a lot of small parties so far. It is still difficult to predict which of them will become the leading one, the core of crystallization, but it is clear that there will be such a core.

“PolitNavigator”: Can Russia return to socialism?

Anatoly Wasserman: The whole world will return to socialism starting in the mid-20s. The research of many specialists, including, to some extent, mine, has established that all the known shortcomings of socialism are direct or indirect consequences of the lack of information technology of that time. When this became clear, I was able to calculate by what time information technology would have developed so much that unified planning of all world production would become economically profitable. And unified planning is impossible without unified ownership of all means of production, and, therefore, entails socialism. It will be pretty soon. However, in order to take advantage of the emerging opportunities, quite extensive research is required. They will take five to six years. Funding for the staff involved in this study will require $15-20 million.

“PolitNavigator”: A little

Anatoly Wasserman: For the state this is a very modest amount. Therefore, when I become a State Duma deputy, I will begin to push through an appropriate research program at the state level.

“PolitNavigator”: Will this transition be supported politically?

Anatoly Wasserman: If the transition to new socialism takes place as spontaneously as the transition to the old one, then the shocks awaiting us will be slightly less. Therefore, we need to correctly conduct the entire range of necessary research in order to know how we will take advantage of these opportunities.

“PolitNavigator”: Will all countries move to socialism at the same time?

Anatoly Wasserman: All countries will switch to the new technology at the same time, because it will be available to everyone and will rely on the resources of the Internet. The transition itself will be very beneficial. According to preliminary estimates, the transition to unified planning of the entire world economy can increase total labor productivity several times.

“PolitNavigator”: Will this also be beneficial for large global corporations, the Rothschilds, and Rofellers?

Anatoly Wasserman: How can I tell you? Additional research is needed, but it is already clear that in the new structure of society, everyone who will lose something from the abolition of the old structure can be offered something that will interest him more than what he is losing. So far, such replacement options are known only for a few types of business motivations. Compiling a complete list of motivations and, accordingly, a complete list of proposed replacements is the topic of a separate study within the framework of a large comprehensive program.

“PolitNavigator”: Today, when the world is at the point of chaos and shaken by terrorism and wars, it is very difficult to imagine that already in the 20s the world will move to a planned economy.

Anatoly Wasserman:  The chaos is caused by the fact that the current management system has practically exhausted its resources: both management and increasing labor productivity. Now there is a struggle over who will get the largest piece of the ever-shrinking pie. What I’m saying is that new technical capabilities will provide us with a bigger pie. Accordingly, everyone will be more nourished.

“PolitNavigator”: Will ISTL, wars, terrorism disappear?

Anatoly Wasserman:  Such fanatics will lose economic support, which means they will be easy to deal with.

“PolitNavigator”: You consistently advocate “the reunification of Ukraine and the rest of Russia.” Is it possible in the foreseeable future?

Anatoly Wasserman:  As for when our current division will be overcome, my forecast is not very optimistic. Both coups d'etat in Ukraine (in 2004 and 2014) were organized by the United States of America not in order to take control of Ukraine (they already succeeded in this by other means), and not even in order to harm Russia. The main goal of the United States over the past 30 years has been the economic weakening of the European Union. Since the moment the United States began moving its production facilities to regions with cheap labor, its main threat is that these regions may switch to cooperation with Western European developers. Therefore, the Americans are trying by all means available to them to bring the European Union to the point where there are no developers there who can interest Chinese manufacturers. Now they are trying to push the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Protocol through the EU. While the fate of this protocol is not clear, it is beneficial for the Americans to support the terrorists who captured Kyiv. As far as I can tell, the showdown around this protocol will last at least until the middle of next year. But as soon as the fate of this protocol is determined, the process of our reunification and revival will begin.

“PolitNavigator”: It is very difficult to believe in such a scenario if you read the Ukrainian sector of the Internet. Hatred and Russophobia reign there now.

Anatoly Wasserman:  There is an experience of denazification, carried out on the basis of the recommendations of American psychologists in the western zones of occupation of Germany. I can call these methods psychological torture. But even in the Soviet zone of occupation, without such psychological torture and violence, the same result was achieved - complete rejection of Nazism. This experience gives me some optimism. Another thing is that in order to apply Soviet and American methods of treatment, it is advisable to first crush the machine of violence that pushes this nonsense into our heads. For now, with my publications, I am trying to reduce the number of those who will have to be treated forcibly. Even if you first have to take Kyiv, and only then take on the brains of every resident of the part of southwestern Russia controlled by Kyiv terrorists, this is a solvable task.