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Communism no longer works as a universal scare tactic. New virtual enemies are being pushed to the forefront, necessary for the current government to divert the people's attention from real problems. Terrorism, fascism, pedophilia. Very convenient phenomena. Unlike communism, which can still be interpreted in different ways, they can never be seen as something positive. And the state is gradually mastering new technologies of influencing mass consciousness. The people shout: "When will you, bastards, give budget workers a normal salary?" And the bastards cheerfully report back: "We've caught a terrorist, two fascists, and five pedophiles!" At that point, it somehow becomes easier to breathe, and you can live on that salary, and there's no hazing in the army. It doesn't even matter that the "terrorist" is a schizophrenic with a training grenade, the "fascists" are two kids who painted a swastika on a fence, and the "pedophiles" are old impotent men with internet access.
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the terrorist thing didn't work for them. They failed to sow total fear in people's souls, like in America. They counted on the "browns." They created all sorts of anti-fascist movements. And what was the result? The fascists skimmed off all the cream. Because xenophobia is much more inherent in our people than tolerance. Well, then they realized in time that through their efforts, the fascists would soon start getting into the State Duma. And they changed tactics. Now it's the pedophile's fault for everything...
- A win-win option. No one will sympathize with him.
- Exactly. Just imagine — a hungry crowd protesting the monetization of benefits. The bastards realize they're about to be literally pitchforked. What do they do? Right. They bring out some half-dead weakling and say: "This is the terrible pedophile Pidorenko. He raped a twelve-year-old girl. And we caught him. Now he's yours!" And the crowd tears Pidorenko to shreds, letting off steam in the process. And anyone who tries to distract them from this activity (since the thieves remain unpunished) will be declared a defender of pedophilia and share Pidorenko's fate.
- People go home with happy faces, exchanging jokes. They feel incredible pride in their government, which managed to neutralize a dangerous pervert. And the bastards celebrate another victory and figure out how to fleece the population next time. In reality, this hasn't happened yet. Rallies are either dispersed with batons or simply ignored. But manipulation of public consciousness often involves modeling such situations in the information space. "What salary? What benefits? What professional army? Look around you! There are Satanists, cannibals, maniacs, terrorists, pedophiles everywhere. And also these — AUDIO PIRATES!!! And they all thirst for your blood. And only we — the current government — can shield you from them. Yes, and you know what? There will be no salt in stores tomorrow!"...
- They've almost won...
- But not quite. It's not too late to fix everything.
- It's later than you think now.
- I don't believe it. I can't believe that darkness is about to close in on our country. Man! Russian! Don't be afraid of pedophiles! Screw the Satanists! To hell with the terrorists! Go out into the street! Shout at the top of your lungs about what concerns you! If we stand shoulder to shoulder, we won't even need pitchforks. If we all shout together, they'll be swept right out of their leather chairs!
- Guys, you'd better keep it down about this, - Vasilyev, eyes wide, looked at his friends. - What if they have "bugs" planted in the tables here.

Lately, I kept thinking, will anyone dare to say and write about this! Anton, thank you! In our case, they tried to slander a man who constantly argued with the city hall, known to the whole city (and he is a teacher by profession). If the parents (who were his students themselves, including me) hadn't started organizing actions and gone to the mayor and prosecutor, if the children hadn't declared a boycott at school (you should have seen the face of the head of the education department, who, the bitch, foaming at the mouth, said: "I'll tell you things that will scare you"), then they would have imprisoned the man for nothing. Only when they saw 100 angry adults and 100 truly agitated children, the case was quietly dropped, no corpus delicti was found, but no one apologized to anyone. Only the media remained silent; at first they wanted to sensationalize against the man, but when they saw the situation, they reported that all was calm in Baghdad.

"the bastards might well latch onto the idea"
They have, it seems to me, already latched on. The story was first published either six or seven years ago, I don't quite remember myself. And today, "pedophile" is the main enemy of the people.

there was a suspicion that people of different genders periodically post from this account; in 90% of posts, the monologue is in the masculine gender, but occasionally it slips into the feminine voice

Although people can sometimes be so mysterious