Now that all can see that lawfulness under fascist America is simply a badly-written play & since it's clear that our highest court is, in fact, the most corrupt one, I was reminded by these statements at the close of Pussy Riot's trial in 2012.
It really does feel like we must all rise together. Authoritarians know who their friends are, but do we understand that we must lift each other up, across false boundaries, against the death cult of old men in power today?
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![A screenshot of part of the statement by Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot, reading:
"In this framework, people begin to place high value on meaningless trifles. In prison these trifles are things like a tablecloth or plastic dishes that can only be procured with the personal permission of the head warden. Outside prison, accordingly, you have social status, which people also value a great deal. This has always been surprising to me. Another element [of this process] is becoming aware of this government functioning as a performance, a play. That in reality turns into chaos. The surface-level organization of the regime reveals the disorganization and inefficiency of most of its activities. And it’s obvious that this doesn’t lead to any real governance. On the contrary, people start to feel an ever-stronger sense of being lost—including in time and space. In jail and all over the country, people don’t know where to turn with this or that question. That’s why they turn to the boss of the jail. And outside the prison, correspondingly, they go to Putin, the top boss."](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/7835952 "A screenshot of part of the statement by Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot, reading:
\"In this framework, people begin to place high value on meaningless trifles. In prison these trifles are things like a tablecloth or plastic dishes that can only be procured with the personal permission of the head warden. Outside prison, accordingly, you have social status, which people also value a great deal. This has always been surprising to me. Another element [of this process] is becoming aware of this government functioning as a performance, a play. That in reality turns into chaos. The surface-level organization of the regime reveals the disorganization and inefficiency of most of its activities. And it’s obvious that this doesn’t lead to any real governance. On the contrary, people start to feel an ever-stronger sense of being lost—including in time and space. In jail and all over the country, people don’t know where to turn with this or that question. That’s why they turn to the boss of the jail. And outside the prison, correspondingly, they go to Putin, the top boss.\"")
Pussy Riot Closing Statements
On August 8, the three members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot delivered their closing statements at the Moscow Khamovniki District Court.n+1
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