Russia and the Byzantines #
February 19th, 2008 | In Worth Reading
The Economist has an odd story about a conspicuously popular television documentary in Russia.
The film’s usage of modern words and imagery is so conspicuous that the moral cannot escape a Russian viewer. Instead of sticking to its traditions, Byzantium tried to reform and modernise, as the West demanded, and it paid the price. Worst of all, the West infiltrated Byzantium with harmful, individualistic ideas, which destroyed the core values of the empire—so the people lost faith in their rulers.