My little manifesto.
I'm tired and I want to speak out. The following is translated into English for the vast majority of Tumblr users and my subscribers. The author of the attached song is Monetochka/Монеточка/Гори Гори Гори
TW! - topics touch on politics and the current situation in the Russian Federation.
I know that what I am writing now will not be read by many people, but I hope that those who do will understand or express their opinion. I am simply tired of being silent. I want to tell a foreign audience about what is happening. At the moment, I am 15 and I live in the Russian Federation. And damn, I am afraid for my and the country's future. This is not as serious as military actions in other parts of the world, but I can not devalue our problems any longer.
I sincerely love my country, I love the culture, nature, mentality, no matter how lousy it is, but loving your country is not the same as loving the authorities. I will say right away that I am AGAINST war and military conflicts, any manifestation of cruelty is HORRIBLE and disgusting, and it is not in my rights to determine who is right and who is not, I am just a stupid 15-year-old girl who thinks that wars suck, so I will not interfere in the situation with Ukraine and current realities. I'm not going to blame anyone or anyone's people. The government is to blame.
I'm just scared. Current politics is moving at a rapid pace to surround Russia with the same great Chinese firewall. Our communications are being blocked. Our internet access is being blocked. I don't know if I'll be able to contact the outside world and write "Hello Tumblr!" again tomorrow. Jammers are being installed in cities, somewhere for objective reasons (drones are being shot down over the city), somewhere unnecessarily. Social networks are being blocked, calls are being blocked. People in schools are being forcibly forced to switch to Russian platforms, and there - there is no talk of security or privacy. There used to be Sferum. From September 1 of this year, schoolchildren will be forced to switch to the Max messenger. A perfect example, in fact! Wiretapping calls + merging ALL correspondence to VK servers. fortunately, so far they are only moving schoolchildren and teachers there, under the pretext of "safety on the domestic service" … yeah, yeah, that's what we believed.
The connection outside the home is becoming less and less, almost every night there is a rumble and explosions under the windows, and in the morning there is 0 connection without Wi-Fi. I won't even mention blocking, YouTube (Rkn calls it "slowdown" due to "outdated servers", but using a VPN proves the opposite), Discord, repeated attempts to block Telegram, Instagram and much, much more.
RKN (Roskomnadzor) and new bills are a separate topic. Denunciations, blocking and denunciations. oh, and of course … PROPAGANDA! which every first deputy in the State Duma screams about. Propaganda of LGBTQ+, propaganda this, propaganda that, and of course the worst thing - CHILDFREE! They've already said that in our country, for any fart with a hint of LGBTQ, which in Russia is considered EXTREMISM, think about it, you can go to prison for about 8 years. And what about childfree? Oh, how do you like that? In schools, on the streets, EVERYWHERE, there is propaganda of early pregnancy, the happiness of motherhood and the magical joys of parenthood. Recently, fragments of presentations from a children's camp began to circulate on the Internet, where girls were told that "at 14 you can become a mother! and at 16, bring a second child to the country!" Well, you understand, right? For the uncles in the deputies, even I can already go give birth at 15, but I can't buy an energy drink. Bravo! Bravo! Right now I can just imagine it: I am a happy mother at 15, a patriot, a homophobe, sitting and scrolling through VK, chatting in MAX. Dream!…no.
That's why I'm scared. I don't see a future in endless SVO, propaganda and blocking. I love my country…no….I LOVE my country. I LOVE Mother Russia and would never want to live anywhere else. But I see a threat to my safety, freedom of speech and physical freedom. Here I can't be who I was. And I'm scared for what will happen next.
Thank you for reading, if at least someone read this. It came out a bit chaotic and most likely there are translation errors. this is just a cry from the soul of a stupid 15 year old
I will be grateful if you express your opinion or ask a question of interest, I will answer everyone. Lately, stress has made it hard to find the strength to draw. Thank you for your support... Have a nice evening.
