THE CULTURE OF SELFISHNESS UNDER CONDITIONS OF A SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

Abstract

The situation that arose after the start of the special military operation (SVO) conducted by Russia since February 24, 2022, is characterized by a significant change in the international situation. The old contradictions between countries implementing the concept of a unipolar world and states seeking to preserve their political, economic, and cultural independence have intensified. The article proposes to consider SVO as a forced measure of struggle with countries that implement the principles and rules of the culture of selfishness. It represents the conscious creation by man of constantly improving ways of realizing egoistic natural instincts. They are realized in the policy of egocentrism in international relations pursued by the United States against countries that refuse to obey their dictates. The economic and political sanctions against Russia, launched after the start of SVO, are a clear example of the implementation of a culture of selfishness. An association of states consisting of a self-exalted hegemon is being used, and without resistance they have taken the position of self-abased, jointly striving to weaken Russia in its struggle to preserve sovereignty and ensure security. The materials of speeches by politicians, publications by experts, journalists show the implementation by the contenders for world domination of the methods used by the culture of selfishness: deception, lies, slander, blackmail, psychological pressure, the use of armed force. It is shown that these ways of fighting for the preservation of the unipolar world lead to the destruction of the freedoms declared by the liberal ideology: entrepreneurship, inviolability of private property, non-interference of the state in business activities, freedom of speech, press, etc. The reasons are revealed that the actions of the leaders of countries that strengthen sanctions against Russia are characterized by an increasing manifestation of stupidity, inability to perceive reality, which leads to an increase in prices, a recession, and a deterioration in the situation of the population in these states. The role of the culture of cooperation in the fight against the carriers of the culture of selfishness in the conditions of a special military operation is revealed.