The Ukrainian middle class costs on a boxing ring. Opposite to it, there is a power — the huge, steroid contender, for the last some months finished with all opponents. The middle class the wondering looks, how to it lace up gloves and a tongue twister explain rules.
He can’t believe till now — still more recently he observed of fights only from twilight of a spectator hall. But now, it is unexpected for it, it should fight for itself and own future.
It and in a bad dream couldn’t present itself(himself) a similar picture. It seemed that almost idyllic picture of life of the Ukrainian bourgeois doesn’t foretell any shocks. Some years it touched nobody the last, preferring a fat outside of the shined ring where on 15 rounds politicians of all colors in succession fought. It habitually skidded bribes in all checking instances, went to have a rest abroad and paid off for taken on a car and apartment credits. He even almost didn’t play a pre-election tote, preferring to leave this employment to more hazardous and politized state employees. Was, truth, a sin — in the end of 2004 year, having believed promises of the light future, it even stood with headers in the street. But the fast disappointment in new winners hasn’t kept itself waiting long — the curtailed poster with the naive requirement «to gangsters — prisons» has soon been thrown on a mezzanine.
The middle class has ceased to watch a political ring. Champions and applicants, their fights and matches-revenges touched it much less, than exchange rate that were carried by every morning by a creeping line on business TV channels. Still once it had an activity relapse: when in the beginning of 2010 he has believed to the next applicant from the world of professional political boxing. After all that seemed to such, with its reserved logic of an Ukrainian manners of the strong and prudent fighter. Experts in vain repeated that at Sergey Tigipko behind the back not one contractual fight — to middle class too strongly wanted to be ill FOR someone, instead of AGAINST all. But also this experience has appeared unsuccessful. Made the way in a three of leaders the applicant has very soon passed in a team of the new old champion.
«Well and it is fine», — has solved middle class. Be your way. Eventually, the new winner, in wearisome fight broken the long-haired opponent, promised to calm down eagerness state members together with five years’ tax vacation. Than not a variant?! It has appeared — not a variant! Very soon felt taste of a victory the champion began to use the tappets outside of a ring. «To hell Confucianism with its reflections about fragility of power victories, — the power, — henceforth has solved criterion of quality steel tappets, all the rest from crafty»
First of all the champion has postponed for couple of years allukrainian political competitions. Then have changed also the rules which have allowed the power to leave on a ring with a knuckle-duster and a bludgeon. One for one potential applicants took off from the world of political sports. Them disqualified, «brought down» on doping control, especially obstinate put in prisons. The people have started to get used to that criminal reports have started to substitute sports translations. The very soon political boxing from the competition category has passed in a category of street fight with obviously known result.
When in the country doesn’t remain the boxers, capable to accept a call, the power has decided to revenge and to fans. Slowly healing bruises and cones of the winner have considered as the sufficient base to teach a good lesson hazardous fans of sports. From under a feather of triumphers one after another there were new codes and laws which should compensate wholly to the champion and its trainer’s staff all costs incurred by them. The people, having the nerve to stake on hackneyed applicants, aren’t worthy pity — and the power at full speed has started to disaccustom it to political sports.
And here the middle class role, at last, has approached. To it won’t forgive to its passionarity and activity. That it has appeared it is capable to survive in 1990 — and not to get into the category of state employees eternally depending on the power. To it will remember desire to live in the state accountable to the people. Ah, he wants independent courts and incorruptible law enforcement? Well then we will enter in the Tax code the right to extraordinary checks. He dares to be indignant with it? Then we clean point on withdrawal of the documentation from firms only on a judgement.
All this activity of the new champion in relation to middle class speaks only one — fear. The champion understands that doesn’t answer inquiries of a society and is afraid that demand will give birth to the offer alternative to its nominee. He hasn’t forgotten that the Ukrainian bourgeoises in a course, by what rules go fights on traditionally competitive political platforms of the developed countries. It doesn’t need a world recognition of his merits — enough tightly beaten to a wall of once won champion belt.
That is why today middle class, ridiculously looking around, costs on a ring opposite for the last year the opponent. It wasn’t ready to fight and didn’t want it, but now to it simply haven’t left a choice. The command is urgently necessary to middle class. He won’t consult without intellectuals who will explain to it, what for it is necessary to fight. It won’t do without new politicians who will teach its technics of fight. Fans who will put on it in this, apparently, to absolutely losing situation, eventually, are necessary to it. He can’t hope for anybody more — simply because this ring all over the world for a long time have given up as a bad job.
But it is his fight. At it only two exits. It can turn under power blows to bloody medley and take off for ropes. Or it urgently should to learn beat and leave from blows. To suffer a pain and to go to attack. The third it is not given.
Pavel KAZARIN