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Throughout the human history many thinkers have tried to suggest their own formula of an ideal state. Unfortunately, they were not always successful in it. Since the ideas expressed in Plato's "Government", Moore's "Utopia" and Campanella's "City of the Sun" were not translated into reality, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin and other dictators tried to bring about their own concept of state. These efforts will always remain a notorious part of the world's history. Only today we realise that an ideal state is only delusive. It is only a dream buried by cruel reality formed by governments.
- We have started a better living, - the government said.
- We are happy you have, - the people thought.
It'd be a great exaggeration to say that we are getting closer to an ideal state. The humankind has experienced a-thousand-years disgrace and lost dreams. But people hope on.
For example, 70 years ago a renowned Russian scholar Dmitry Likhachov wrote a fairy tale about a state of prosperous culture, science and welfare. He called it Gremlandia. The tale tells us about the Perfect and Sophisticated Person. In this tale Likhachov draws a line between vice and virtue, knowledge and ignorance, conscience and cynicism.
In 1990s at the rise of democratic changes in Russia the scholar revived the old dream. Gremlandia materialized. Its first citizens became Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jury Temirkhanov, actor Igor Dmitriyev and scores of children. They talked about the state based on conscience and reason. They manifested their ideas about the major events in the country and in the world through various decrees and projects.
It was no surprise that in the imaginary country with the territory no more than one square metre there was an appointed prime minister, the congress headed by composer Andrey Petrov, elected officer and other bodies typical of a regular state. There was even a prison and every citizen could convict himself if he had something on his conscience. According to decisions passed by congress and government of Gremlandia the coat of arms, the hymn and various governmental rewards had to be purchased.
To develop this principle the teachers of Gremlandia decided to create a special fund and met in a prestigious Petersburg casino Conty. God knows how this brilliant concept could be associated with the casino.
Unfortunately the members of the government of Gremlandia and its fund split up. One day the scholar Likhachov issued a letter in which he informed the public about his decision to quit the self-proclaimed state.
Unfortunately, fairy tales are remote from the truth. Is an ideal state likely to be a fairy tale or attainable reality? Now it's up to you to decide…
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