In any institution of the penitentiary system - a prison or a camp - there is a category of inmates who cooperate with the administration. At the beginning of the last century, in the Soviet camps of the Gulag system, they were called “activists”. They helped the administration maintain order and discipline among the prisoners. Needless to say, prisoners have always viewed such “assets” with at least suspicion, and at most, hostility.
The reason for such an attitude is obvious. People are in places of confinement not of their own will, and in Stalin’s camps many of them ended up there completely arbitrarily, by the whims of fate. Naturally, the prisoners perceive the camp guards and the entire correctional labor system of the state as evil forces that ruin their lives.
Everyone who serves evil, including guards and escorts, is associated with this evil. Activists who voluntarily switch to the side of the state machine evoke particular animosity. They not only endure a tough life behind bars, like their unfortunate comrades, but also help the “oppressors and torturers”.
The contribution of these voluntary servants of evil to the “stable” life of camps and prisons cannot be overestimated. Thanks to camp activists in the Stalinist Gulag, escapes and riots were prevented, resistance was demoralized, dissidents were identified and eliminated. With their active participation, the largest enslavement machine in modern human history survived for several decades. And not just that. In Nazi concentration camps, there was also a category of inmates called “kapos” who helped the administration in exchange for improved conditions.
Such people have always existed and will always exist under any regime of violence.
Interestingly, in most cases, they have good intentions. In essence, their goals - discipline, order, cleanliness, organization, absence of fights and property damage - seem highly commendable.
When Ukrainian and Belarusian activists, during the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union, became policemen and fought against partisans through punitive actions among the civilian population, their drive was also towards maintaining order. They helped the existing authorities at the time, under the swastika flag, to maintain order and prevent violations.
The goals of activists and public figures are truly noble, as long as the regime they serve is not exploitative, like the Soviet and Nazi regimes, and like the current ones, such as Putin’s and Poroshenko’s.
Both Russia and Ukraine - as countries and nations - are on the brink of destruction. The main reason is the illiterate greed of the regimes and rulers they have chosen in the last 25 years. Leading in corruption rankings, poor healthcare, the collapse of culture and education, drug addiction and alcoholism - these are the result of occupation and looting of the population in these territories over the past two and a half decades.
As with any occupation regime, “activists” of all kinds emerge and actively make themselves known, today in the form of public movements and organizations. These are the traffic violators, the environmentalists, the charitable children’s homes, the funds for the sick and disabled, and just very compassionate and conscientious citizens, fervently fighting for European values and clean roadsides.
Life in Kyiv is not so drastically different from life in Amsterdam because people drive cars without following the rules, throw trash next to garbage cans, or steal in supermarkets. It is different because corrupt officials are in power, whose place is in prison.
The enemies are not those who park on the sidewalk, refuse to treat a sick child, or leave garbage on the side of the road. These people act this way because they are “ordinary people.” By educating or punishing them based on public principles, we become “camp activists” helping the regime.
It is necessary to change the regime, not the people oppressed by it.
A typical slogan of activists is “if you want to change the country, start with yourself.” This is the mentality of a camp “bitch” ready to embark on the path of correction and cooperate with the administration. This is how those who are afraid of security think, afraid to admit that their rights have been trampled, afraid to raise their head and face the truth, afraid to start a fight with those who are leeching off them, afraid to truly change their lives and break free. And not just passively afraid, but actively urging others to follow their example: to focus on “self” and not complain.
These people, accomplices of the regime, are our main enemies.
Those who are truly concerned about the future of our countries and the people inhabiting them are those who fight the real problem - the power of corrupt officials. They fight to overthrow and destroy it, not to serve it by maintaining order on the streets and garbage dumps.
Translated by ChatGPT gpt-3.5-turbo/42 on 2024-04-20 at 14:35
