Konstantin Bogomolov condemned the Russian elite for mourning a past life

Theater director Konstantin Bogomolov wrote an article for “RIA News”, in which he announced a caste of “special Russians” that had formed in society. They, according to him, despise ordinary, “dark” compatriots. After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, this caste allegedly began to mourn the past life, instead of “casting aside contempt for their country” and starting to work, “rolling up their sleeves.”

His article was titled “Dietary Grief”. According to Mr. Bogomolov, a “community within society” has developed in Russia. The world of “special Russians”. Let’s call it a “mansion”… Special people live there. They are not smarter than others. Although many do. They are definitely not prettier than the others. Just prettier. They are absolutely not decent. They are often richer or more educated. But that’s not what makes them special. What makes them special is the consciousness of themselves as special,” he believes.

According to him, 90% of these “special” Russians “call themselves Europeans and enlightened liberals”, and also “profess the ideas of democracy”, equality and justice. He argues that these people, however, “in the depths of their souls despise their insufficiently successful, insufficiently “advanced”, “dark” tribesmen. He believes that the “special” are divided into two subclasses: people with money or opportunities and a conditional intellectual class.

“Thus, an alliance of financially successful plebeians and financially mediocre intellectuals was formed. And, perhaps, there is not and cannot be closer than a union – these two classes are glued together not by profit, but by misfortune: loneliness in one’s own country. That same consciousness of being “special”. For both of them, furiously despising each other, even more passionately despise their own people, ”convinced Konstantin Bogomolov.

The director believes that against the background of the military operation in Ukraine, these people began to suffer from a past life. “The shed blood is not lamented. They mourn their happy laughter. Your veneer smiles. Your serene life. Paradise,” he says.

Mr. Bogomolov is convinced that “the train of history has gone on different tracks”, and “it’s time to leave the suffering of the past.” “It must die not only physically. It must die in the hearts of the living. The dead must die twice… The present has meaning and purpose. Truth and Spirit. And authenticity. You just need to be able to get out of the “mansion”, roll up your sleeves and work, and live, and believe. We must cast aside contempt for our country and our people and hear the rumble of history and the voice of people,” he summed up.