Why does the surrounding of an authoritarian leader change over time into sycophants and back-scratchers? Why does this process develop geometrically?
It’s very simple.
In an authoritarian society, the head of state is the only source of power. Not the people, but him. He distributes all the benefits: high public positions, financial flows in …
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There is an opinion that the Kazakh nation reached its present level of cultural development thanks to the introduction of Russian culture and Russian language from the middle of the 18th century. It is believed that all the educated representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia, technical specialists, and top managers achieved their successes only because they …
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When someone says that he did not have time to call you, it does not mean that he did not really have time. It just means that you do not have a priority. If a person actually wants to call you, then he will sacrifice a conversation with another person, watching TV, digging in social networks, lunch, dinner, …
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Not long ago I talked to one of our former compatriots who moved to the Silicon Valley.
“Tell me about your impressions,” I asked him. “What surprised you the most in the Valley?”
“You know, there is an absolutely inverted idea of coolness and showing off. What we consider cool is considered to be …
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There are people who seek excuses, and those who seek opportunities.
The first do not enter the university, because they believe that the teachers are corrupted, and they don’t need knowledge, but bribes. The second learn subjects by heart, they take exams on their own, if they do not pass from the first time, they try …
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I must confess.
I have one characteristic that scares me. It seems to me that it is abnormal.
The fact is that I do not like dirt and mess.
No. This is not what the others have. Many do not like dirt at home, in their office, in the car. I do …
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In one nearby country, an old friend talked to one blogger, who for a long time worked in the sphere of secondary education.
The comrade read the post of the blogger about the death of the pupil in the school and, sighing bitterly, began his story:
– The root of the problem is not …
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This is one of my friends story. I have no reason not to believe that.
She is from western Kazakhstan, but it turned out that she fell in love with a guy from the south and got married. Now they have a daughter. They live with her husband’s …
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They say that the civility of a society is determined by its attitude to its defenseless members: children, the elderly, women, disabled people.
Recently, my friend went on a business trip to Europe, and before the trip, as luck would have it, he broke his little finger on his leg. Who have not broken their little …
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A little bit about stupid superstitions.
Everyone knows our Kazakh belief in the name of “koz tiedi” or in Russian – the evil eye.
Modern educated people still believe in this nonsense. They hide from the prying eyes of their newborns for up to 40 days, smear specks on the foreheads, cling a pin …
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