Peace in Our Time

"That DEFEATIST RESPONSE 

has become part of a new 

System of Political CONTROL -- 

and to understand 

HOW this is happening : 

You Have to Look to Russia.

And to a man called 

Vladislav Serkov, 

who is a 

Hero of Our Time.

Serkov is one of President Putin's advisors, 

and has helped him maintain his Power for 15 YEARS -- 

but he has done it in a very new way.

He came originally from the avant-garde art world -- 

and those who have studied his career say 

that what Serkov has DONE 

is to import ideas from The World of Conceptual Art 

into the very heart of Politics.

His aim is to undermine 

People's PERCEPTION of The World, 

so they never know 

What is REALLY Happening.

Serkov turned Russian Politics 

into a bewildering, constantly changing piece of Theatre -- 

he sponsored all kinds of organisations, 

from Neo-Nazi Skinheads, 

to Liberal Human Rights Groups..... 

He even backed parties 

that were OPPOSED to President Putin.

But The Key Thing IS 

that Serkov then 

let it be KNOWN 

that this is 

What He Was Doing -- 

which meant that 

no-one was SURE 

what was Real, 

and what was Fake.

As one journalist put it : 

"It's a Strategy of Power 

that keeps ANY opposition 

CONSTANTLY CONFUSED -- 

a ceaseless shape-shifting,

that is UNSTOPPABLE 

because it is INDEFINABLE."