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When fathers are afraid of their sons

No matter what nomads do, no matter how they dress, no matter what they are called, they remain nomads even in the most expensive European tailcoats.

Nomads have never been either liberals or Democrats. The nomads had a specific democracy. Instead, this is an extraordinarily infrequent emergency with no real Khan.

But when a real khan appears, the nomads live by an age-old ideology – the father is afraid of the son.

The father is afraid of the son – this is the actual total ideology of the nomads, invisible to the outside eye. Khan is not scared of his entourage. He can execute them, send them to war, defame them, and make the people curse their names. Traitors can die either in battle or by accident.

Khan’s son may also die by accident. For example, from a kulan attack on a hunt. Have you ever heard of hunters being killed by an artiodactyl attack while hunting? Especially if it’s the Khan’s son.

The father is afraid of the son, which means the rulers fear the closest ones. So that they don’t come forward and don’t obscure

the leader so that they don’t get cocky.

For the people, this also means mutual responsibility. In Asia, there is total joint responsibility; there was, there is, and there will be. For now, fathers will be afraid of the audacity of their sons.

Nomads have sons who are not daring from birth. That’s how they’re raised so they don’t disgrace their fathers.

Officials are also brought up in the spirit of fear, no matter how they dress or what modern costumes they wear.

So. That’s why fathers are afraid of their sons.