“You Western correspondents are idiots”
“You show up in the lands of the former Soviet Union and try to impose your own terms of reference on us, when you do not even know the terms of reference in which we, former Soviets, think. You throw around terms like “democrat,” “conservative,” “reformer,” and “hardliner” when they have either no meaning here or a completely different meaning than you understand. How can I have a real conversation with you? You ask me to explain highly specialized issues, and you take down notes and impressions in black and white. It is like asking me to explain what a Sony television is to my great grandfather. He may have been an intelligent man in his day, but he did not even know what electricity is. I explain the television to him. He nods and tries to imagine what I am depicting—and then goes home and tells his friends about a magic box, in front of which is a mirror, reflecting a kaleidoscope of colorful pictures. That is how you understand us.”
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