the end of communism also marked the end of democracy, our era today is not only post-communist, it is also post-democratic. Today we are witnessing … - Alexander Zinoviev

We can consider that the era we have just entered is not only post-communist but also post-democratic.

In reality, the occidentist state system is not reduced to democracy. It is not even its main element. It is in the public eye, it makes a lot of noise and serves as a showcase. But it is only the façade of real power

The petty-bourgeois mind considers the lives of others as if it were in their situation, transposing onto them its attitude, its criteria of judgment, its feelings. p. 37

More and more centres of population are joining the socialist competition to acquire the name of the place where prince Oleg was stung by a snake and former czarina Maria was strangled.