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The people who look back

The people who remember their families and tribes constantly talk not about the future but about their past. This is how it happens at ceremonies – weddings, funerals, especially at funeral rites. The most important actors there are old people.

So what is democracy for, you say? What place should I attach it to the old people's story? The people look at the elderly as intellectuals and legislators of behavior. It would seem that no reforms can break through such a people; the real subconscious revolves around the spirits of the dead. Such a person himself wants to be liked by the spirits of the departed "returned" (kaitys bolgan Kazakhs say about the dead, the person has returned to the real world)

So why do we need democracy, which in fact, does not exist? After all, there really isn't. It just sounds like fashion. It is fashionable to say so, pretend to adapt to the world information, and hence culture. To talk about democracy to a Kazakh means to show that you are aware of world affairs. You are so aware that you are such an honorable person. Show-offs, as the Kazakhs themselves, say about it. At the ceremonies, no one talks about democracy because of the senselessness of showing off in the wrong place. You can show off clothes, an expensive car, such verbal symbols that do not require sounds, do not require words, and everyone immediately understands why this Kazakh came. Of course, he will also listen to old people and recognize relatives, and he can't get away from relatives anywhere. Therefore, any ideology, new or old, will not be able to do anything with the tribal world; it is so strong and cohesive. And the people will inevitably go back, begin to degrade, and get rid of civilization, although even at this time, there will be attempts to show that you are higher than others. I once said that the Russian language is an attempt by Kazakhs to show their independence from their kind, where all the roles are already painted, and everyone knows who will do what, including who will come to the funeral and what will tell. Of course, the Russian-speaking Kazakh does not think about it at all. But he knows that with Russian, today with English, and Spanish, he can show his level and raise his status. Not only the tribal elite has always been the fastest to adopt the culture, hence the speech of the colonizers. Russian Russians also spoke French until the Russian Revolution, so the British Celts quickly Romanized. Hence, the Indian elite spoke Spanish, English, and French, so even the Russian nobles spoke French until the Russian Revolution. If the peasants could speak the language of a people they had not even seen, they would not speak. But Kazakhs began to speak Russian; first, it was the generic outcasts. They could not roam with the family. They didn't even have a horse. But they quickly compensated for their shortcomings by learning Russian in the city.

The people who remember their families and tribes constantly talk not about the future but about their past. This is how it happens at ceremonies – weddings, funerals, especially at funeral rites. The most important actors there are old people.

So what is democracy for, you say? What place should I attach it to the old people's story? The people look at the elderly as intellectuals and legislators of behavior. It would seem that no reforms can break through such a people; the real subconscious revolves around the spirits of the dead. Such a person himself wants to be liked by the spirits of the departed "returned" (kaitys bolgan Kazakhs say about the dead, the person has returned to the real world)

So why do we need democracy, which in fact, does not exist? After all, there really isn’t. It just sounds like fashion. It is fashionable to say so, pretend to adapt to the world information, and hence culture. To talk about democracy to a Kazakh means to show that you are aware of world affairs. You are so aware that you are such an honorable person. Show-offs, as the Kazakhs themselves, say about it. At the ceremonies, no one talks about democracy because of the senselessness of showing off in the wrong place. You can show off clothes, an expensive car, such verbal symbols that do not require sounds, do not require words, and everyone immediately understands why this Kazakh came. Of course, he will also listen to old people and recognize relatives, and he can’t get away from relatives anywhere. Therefore, any ideology, new or old, will not be able to do anything with the tribal world; it is so strong and cohesive. And the people will inevitably go back, begin to degrade, and get rid of civilization, although even at this time, there will be attempts to show that you are higher than others. I once said that the Russian language is an attempt by Kazakhs to show their independence from their kind, where all the roles are already painted, and everyone knows who will do what, including who will come to the funeral and what will tell. Of course, the Russian-speaking Kazakh does not think about it at all. But he knows that with Russian, today with English, and Spanish, he can show his level and raise his status. Not only the tribal elite has always been the fastest to adopt the culture, hence the speech of the colonizers. Russian Russians also spoke French until the Russian Revolution, so the British Celts quickly Romanized. Hence, the Indian elite spoke Spanish, English, and French, and even the Russian nobles spoke French until the Russian Revolution. If the peasants had the opportunity to speak the language of a people they had not even seen, they would not speak. But Kazakhs began to speak Russian. First, it was the generic outcasts. They could not roam with the family. They didn’t even have a horse. But they quickly compensated for their shortcomings by learning Russian in the city.