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This, in a way, supports my theory that for the Empire, there are only two recognizable races: white and "the other". And what is happening now on the streets of the American cities - it is all about the race, although many Western political figures and intellectuals are screaming loudly that it is not. For 500 years it has been, and it remains so now.
EO: The harsh attitude of the US administration towards the protests and the statements of Donald Trump have been widely discussed. Is this part of a particular strategy or is it just about the rightist character of Trump?
AV: Singling out Donald Trump as some sort of anomaly in US politics is thoroughly hypocritical. Was the murderous foreign policy of Obama really much better? Did Obama improve the lives of African-American people? Of course not! And Clinton? Yes, both Obama and Clinton had a certain charm, and that is precisely what Europeans loved. Murdering innocent millions in Africa or the Middle East, no problem. As long as the U.S. Presidents know about (Western) etiquettes, table manners, all the rest is forgiven.
Of course, such individuals like Donald Trump or George W. Bush are dangerous brutes, but in general, their deeds are the same as those who are, in front of cameras, behaving in a much more suave manner.
What you are asking could be easily answered: "harsh attitude" would be applied against the protesters under any U.S. administration. Brutality is essentially used by Washington, since the birth of the nation. Protesting native Americans were slaughtered in what could be defined as genocides. Rebelling slaves were raped, tortured, and killed. Students protesting against the wars were fired at and killed. What is happening now is bad, terrible, but not at all new.
EO: Some analyzes, especially in the western press, have taken the protests together with the Hong Kong riots. As if they were part of the process of action. Is this true?
AV: Some, in fact, many analyses, are manufactured simply in order to confuse the public. Events in Hong Kong and Minneapolis are diametrically opposite.
In Hong Kong, where I spent weeks and weeks analyzing the situation, mostly young people got derail by the British education system, by Western propaganda, and by direct involvement of the European and North American embassies and organizations. Foreign interests have been obvious: to damage China, to discredit its leadership, and to cause as much harm as possible. There has been nothing even remotely 'spontaneous' when it comes to the riots which erupted in Hong Kong.
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