Instead of preamble
Dear reader, it’s evident that the political field of Armenia needs a deep analysis. The serious efforts of our political scientists and politicians cannot be compared with any ideas of Machiavelli, Churchill, etc. By having deep respect to our scientific potential we’d still like to hear the opinion of world-known thinkers about what’s happening in Armenia.
So our first expert is Sigmund Freud.
My dear Armenian newspaper readers. For me as a psychologist the political field of Armenia is very interesting. I am really sorry that I didn’t have this information when I was writing my books. This could be a valuable source for me. Nevertheless let me analyze the steps of all your politicians in accordance with primary instincts.
1. fear
2. hunger
3. sexual desires (libido) and their sub-sexual expression (sublimation)
In my opinion the fear (phobia) of Armenian politicians is considered very important. It may also be called a life instinct. Other clinical methods of describing the Armenian politicians are also applicable:
1. Serj-phobia – the fear expressed to RA Defense Minister Serj Sargisyan has different motives. First of all the fear of the opposition because of the persecution showed to them and also the difference of political weights. Serj-phobia is also characteristic to other wings of government because of reason of staying outside the political main stream of Armenia may be the wish of Sargisyan.
2. Election fraud-phobia – a complex gained during time, the elimination of which is almost impossible. Although I am not Nostradamus but let me guess that the fight against this phobia is not very expedient. Armenia is still going to need this.
3. Responsibility-phobia – one of the most frequently used complexes to reach power.
Hunger is also one of the most crucial factors of the political thoughts of Armenia. The influence of this factor is expressed differently for opposition and government. Sometimes the great wish of Armenian statesmen to fill their stomachs as much as possible is visible not only to experts like me but also the average citizens. Part of opposition also yearns after such stomach filling. Another part of opposition hungers to be acknowledged by people. As a good clinical advice would be to ask the mass media pay more attention to such patients, who need more attention and year to be spoken about. For example, it’s necessary to often use such formulations. “Oh, Artashes Mamikonovich, you’d ski better than Robert Kocharyan” or “Stepan Karenich due to your talented features you’d be able to imitate many, etc. other politicians” or “Monsieur Arthur, you are the most attractive and charming.” A few words about the government as well. This segment is just obsessed with swallowing and filling stomachs. “Please, stop, dear friends. If you don’t care about the State Budget at least care about your health.”
And finally dear friends we are reaching the most interesting instinct – sex.
The libido or the sexual desire is one of the most characteristic traits of people’s – politicians’ behavior – the so-called “basic instinct”. As it’s known the sexual energy, which is not spent is sometimes directed to some other domain – art, science and of course, politics. By watching the speeches of your oppositionists, the aggression they show, I immediately comprehend what sexual monsters they are. How much passion, erotic fantasy and hormones wandering in the blood! Of course, you may object that by saying that our opposition field has become real old and is full of old oppositionists. But I know the power of modern medicines… In general, I estimate the opposition-government interaction as extreme masochism. The government is doing its best to apply all kind of sadistic methods to oppress the opposition for its victory. The opposition on the other hand enjoys that process and becomes even more demanding and picky. They become more capricious. The more oppressed the opposition is the better satisfied both opposition and government become.
Unlike fear here we deal not with phobias but with phyla.
1. Chair- phyla – an insatiable wish to place one’s won butt in the convenient but very powerful chair. It exists during the whole period of political activity but it gets even more intense during the pre-election period. It has a cyclic feature.
2. Mandate-phyla – is a private case of chair- phyla, during which in order to provide 131 mandates they sacrifice the 5-year future of the country.
3. Populism (I’d ask the typewriter to be more careful because in Armenian if you mistype a single letter a quite nasty word would come up) – non-stop wish to endlessly and pointlessly speak, during which the normal functional connection between the tongue and brains is deflected. Too bad, even the current medical science doesn’t have ways to cure that disease.
4. Alliance-phyla – this phenomenon unites the amateurs of group work. More characteristic to fading politicians.
5. Agraro-phyla – an attempt to make the political field of Armenia an agricultural valley. It’s a new phenomenon. That’s why I don’t have any scientific explanation yet. I don’t quite understand why they picked the potato instead of let’s say cucumbers or bananas.
6. I’d like to unite in one group the very frequently used America-phyla, Russia-phyla and Euro-phyla. It’s a specific way to be liked by foreigners. Chill out guys, the AIDS is the plague of the 21st century.
Dear Armenian reader, I respect your insatiable wish to express free will and direct your own country. Please don’t consider the above-mentioned as an attempt to interfere into the sovereign affairs of your country. Your future is in your hands.
Best regards,
Sigmund Freud,
Vienna, 20.02.2007