“Doppelgänger oder Betrüger?” – Eye on the Mark!
“Unus Sustineo Tres Personas” – Cicero
Few of us are ‘lucky’ to be born a Twin or Triplet. Even fewer are gifted at enjoying its true pleasures and accessibilities. In engaging with novices viewed through the ‘spy glass,’ beware, for in these days of ‘deep fakes’ ignore not those with ‘deep cuts.’
Behold, is he or She a double or imposter? Eye on the mark!
In films and politics, to protect the artistic integrity of an actor or the life of a political or military figure, the stunt-double or “impersonator” is rewarded for their risky services. Just ask the agencies dwelling in the shadows.
Thomas Hobbes well notes: “And from the Stage, hath been translated to any Representer of speech and action, as well in Tribunalls, as Theaters. So that a Person, is the same that an Actor is, both on the Stage and in common Conversation; and to Personate, is to Act,…”
In my November 2019 paper, “Doppelgänger oder Betrüger?” – Double or Imposter? – I refer to the 2013 film, “Трудно быть богом,” known to the English as “Hard to Be a God” by Aleksei Yuryevich German, a Soviet and Russian director and screenwriter recognized for his many brilliant Russian films.
The film is based on a novel by brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The main character, Anton/Don Rumata, is an “observer” of planets and as an impersonator is intent on rescuing an elite group of people that includes brilliant scientists, physicians, artists and writers.
Anton/Don Rumata’s role as an impostor may be seen as serving a noble, albeit naïve, cause. Yet, what I saw as the underlying message was that “playing God” comes at a price, hence the title, “Hard to Be a God.”
Are YOU ready to play God?
Observe well, for the art of ‘acting’ in these missions is not for the faint of heart. Hollywood Directors begin with “Action” and end with “Cut.” Yet, ‘playing’ in the shadows of the real world begins with “Cut tape, go live.” For never will you feel more alive!
Rawest of tantalizing emotions are awakened. Senses are heightened. The art of ‘make believe’ runs rough and rampant, yet silky soft as olive oil with a sweet fragrance matched only by the unavoidable stench of death – never to be forgotten. By the same tinker token, pain is confused with pleasure. Oh, but we’ve only touched the surface.
Doppelgängers are indeed useful assets. But for you American Actors, ‘law abiding citizens,’ concern not yourself with accountability as I note in “Music, T.V. and Film – Comedy & Tragedy of Entertainment!
Hobbes reminds us, he who holds responsibility is the Author, “But Not The Actor, When the Actor doth any thing against the Law of Nature by command of the Author, if he be obliged by former Covenant to obey him, not he, but the Author breaketh the Law of Nature.”
Statecraft-Spycraft is but a double-edged sword marking the high price of spilled blood. Best to know when to be patient and where to be swift. Traits best suited to God, Kings and Masters of the ‘Great Game.’
Americans, unlike their predecessors playing a pawn in the “great game,” are utterly abysmal at it, absurd at best. Still, were their recent captures intended?
Fathom, across the deserts of Tehran and Shiraz to the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg or border between Korea’s North-South to the far stretches of the East and China Seas, Americans are unable to resist the baited traps.
Tragedy or Comedy? Ah, be patient, the swift actions upon Taiwan and Ukraine will not disappoint.
U.S., Where is Ukraine’s Firefly Rocket?
As Russia congratulates India on her ‘moon landing’ and US starts an ‘investigation’ of Russian plane crash, Ukraine still fails to investigate the deal US ‘landed.’ Acquisition of Ukraine’s very own rocket! Gives a ‘strong’ image of Ukraine 🙂 It’s a damn shame the Americans took it and gave you too little too late.
Pray tell, Vlad, was this Russia’s 17 month plan? Or will it be as the Master, Mikhail Bulgakov writes, “No. Why pursue that which is already finished?”
Yes, and finished is what reportedly became of the ‘Firefly Aerospace’ in city of Dnipro, Ukraine. War or greedy Americans to blame? Take a listen, this is how it went down…
November 2021, a few months leading up to the Ukraine-Russian conflict, Maxim Polyakov was reportedly contacted by US Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS). By January 2022, “U.S. seeks to oust Ukrainian owner of Texas rocket startup Firefly” claiming a matter of ‘national security.’ Was the US seized “‘firefly’ on the wall” of the Kremlin as a counteroffensive to Russia via Ukraine?
On February 24, 2022, Space News announces, “AE Industrial Partners to acquire stake in Firefly from Noosphere.” What did the Ukrainian-born investor Max Polyakov have to say?
“I am giving up for 1 usd consideration all my 58% stake in Firefly to my co-founder and partner Tom,” he wrote. “Dear CFIUS, Air Force and 23 agencies of USA who betrayed me and judge me in all your actions for past 15 months. I hope now you are happy.”
Ukraine, best to deal with “the devil you know” for Vengeance is not only the Lord’s.
As to control, Bulgakov writes, “The brick is neither here nor there. It never merely falls on someone’s head from out of nowhere. In your case…You will die another kind of death.”
Command by the Order of the Dragon
Vlad, take note once again of my March 26, 2022 paper, Ukraine & Russia, A Toast to Mikhail Bulgakov! “Мастер и Маргарита.”
Recall the words of the “Foreigner” in Мастер и Маргарита, known to my English friends as The Master and Margarita. “In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time.”
Спасибо. Yes, “Scorpion” was a nice touch!
Still, in the grandeur scheme of things, t’s the King who makes his mark.
“Yet in all times, Kings, and persons of Soveraigne authority, because of their Independency, are in continuall jealousies, and in the state and posture of Gladiators;… and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is a posture of War. But because they uphold thereby, the Industry of their Subjects;…In Such A Warre, Nothing Is Unjust To this warre of every man against every man…”
But forget not the words of a wise Italian, “After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” Why yes indeed, whereupon one time.
Alas, hitherto, in these ‘modern times,’ Kings, Princes, Rulers and Czars know well, the double speak of the West as that of Caesar’s Rome. And still these Western Infidels, Betrayers of their own kind, question bloodshed in the name Kingdoms and Empires? Pray tell, is this not WAR?
Indeed, for ‘there are times when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king.’ Key is in observing the original Designer’s masterpiece and spotting its imposter in a “House of Mirrors” on all three spaces. И только Дизайнер может уничтожить оригинал.
Question is, before one makes a move, Where is the Designer and What is the original?
Ahh, but you dare not ask Who She is? You are enchanted with her, yes! Indeed, the World Stage is but a playground for the ‘Master of Disguises.’
For as a time whence the words resonated from the lips of a great Actor, Laurence Olivier, once again I present myself and command you, “Look at Me, Look at Me, Look at Me!”
“Disguise, or Outward Appearance of a man [or Woman], counterfeited on the Stage; and somtimes more particularly that part of it, which disguiseth the face, as a Mask or Visard.”
– Thomas Hobbes, LEVIATHAN, 1651