PROFITABLE AND UNPROFITABLE MILITARISM

    In the past Russian estates were divided into profitable and unprofitable ones. Majority of rich peoples lands provided a benefit, owing to which such beautiful and absolutely unprofitable estates like Arkhangelskoye and Ostankino existed. The whole Russia was owned by the czar, the whole country returned and the incomes were spent without any control.
    
    Militarism is unprofitable, not only because it shoots people. Militarism is unprofitable, because it is based on the idea of honor as a material glory. Honor of weapons is manifested first of all in the outer environment. The more people militarist killed, the more arms he has to kill people and the better arms are decorated, the more militarist is famous. For instance, honor of Prince Svyatoslav, father of Vladimir Red Sun, was manifested in distribution of gold and silver won and robbed in the campaigns, among his militaries. The explanation was absolutely rational: armed forces will gain new gold to the Prince, but gold cannot conquer anybody.
    Militarist rationality is irrational Bourgeois knows that gold cannot conquer anything, but you can buy comfort and you can buy the world. But why do you need to conquer the world, if in this world you have no comfortable room with carpet, fireplace and garden under your window? Profitable militarism watches closely the war, because it must bring profit. This militarism is not bad, because once you started counting money spent for the war, you will find out soon that it is more profitable to avoid war. Once thought about total costs, militarist comes to pacifism sooner or later. But many people are yet to think about that.
    
     Unprofitable militarism belongs to the past and only Russia can serve its example at present. Russia has received nothing from the countries, which have entered Russian Federation, on the contrary, it has spent money on them.
     This is absolutely true, because UK, Germany and France have grown rich of their colonies. Burden of a white man was a burden of separate colonizers, who fell ill and died. Sometimes their efforts were not worthily rewarded, but their families and relatives have gained something and obtained quick promotion.
     In Russia government swollen and people grew sickly, but people regarded that as right.
     Militarist needs great Russia. Death is an illusion, but for militarist it is more dangerous, than a real one. Russia propagates situation in Georgia as a bright manifestation of unprofitable militarism in Georgia. The country with deep stratification of society, where number of poor people is the same like in Latin American countries, where majority of population lives worse than minority, where pensions are less than cost of living, reports about billions, which will be spent for reconstruction of the newly conquered lands. This is not insanity: militarist, who lives in a one-room hole, consoles himself with the fact that Russia has displayed its greatness.
     Militarism has an effect of a strong drug, which benumbs and creates illusion. But sooner or later it is necessary to count profits and expenses and total expenses are merciless to any militarist. The man, who acts as a beast, becomes militarist. And it is no longer important, if he gets profit out of or loses everything.

Priest Yakov Krotov