The worst problem in Russia is that it cannot respond to modern technology. Russian products are raw materials like oil and gas. And they buy almost all microchips and other technology from the west. The lack of modern technology is seen in Ukraine's conflict. But the problems are deeper in Russian society. We must realize that society and nations are much more than some military forces.
The lack of microchips is visible in many things. Modern civil and military systems require microchips because they are using AI. AI is impossible to use without computers. But the problem is that the Russians are not putting resources into that technology. Everything that is not visible is neglect.
That thing is not seen only in the Russian military. It's visible in the entire society. Russia is like a barge haul that its people are pulling to the past. That thing requires lots of work, and sooner or later those people who are resisting the change are falling. They cannot resist change forever.
Above this image is the famous painting "Barge Haulers on the Volga". When we think about the symbolism that hides in this painting, we can see that is the entire situation in Russia. In that painting, we can see that Volga is the time. And barge haulers are people who want to resist change. When they want to pull state that is the ship to the past. They need lots of energy. Their entire time goes to resisting the river which is the change.
Even if the national leaders are against change, they must realize that resistance requires lots of power. When the hands of those barge haulers are tied, they cannot write. Because they don't see anything else, they don't know about a better life.
And that is one thing that is seen in modern Russian and post-Soviet communities. Governments in those countries resist the change even if that costs their entire nation. The only thing that means something is the position of the leaders.
Only people who require the past are the people whose work and positions are under a threat. Somebody who resists the change might say that the livelihood of those barge haulers is threatened.
But then we might ask: would that person take the job as one of those people, who pull the barge haul? Of course, if the beginning point in that work is being the chief of those men that seem a very good and ecological way to work.
But would you make the work as a barge hauler? This is one way that we must realize before we can justify some other people and change. If we would sit on that ship and turn the rudder, that work seems very easy and light. But if we would pull that barge haul by using our muscles, we might see that this work is hard and boring.
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