LIMONOV THE VAMPIRE

by Constantin von Hoffmeister

 

In a recent interview (titled "The NBP [National Bolshevik Party] has no Right to exist - Its Leader is a Vampire") for www.kreml.org, Alexander Dugin accused Edward Limonov of being a vampire. Like Countess Bathory used to bathe in the blood of virgins to stay eternally young, Limonov sacrifices young people by letting them being sent to jail because of silly actions that he instigates and they commit. Limonov exposes his followers to the risk of going to jail to enhance his reputation as a literary radical.

as an antidote, he takes poison

Limonov is not interested in politics but merely in writing his biography, a sleazy account of his own eccentric life. The members of the NPB are therefore nothing more than extras in Limonov's great egomaniacal scheme. Dugin claimed that Limonov seems so young because he metaphorically hides his leathery facade behind a lotion that is composed of the energy of the young people he attracts and exploits. Limonov eats his young followers like an old vampire drinks the blood of babies.

When I personally talked to Dugin, he told me that Limonov does not have the slightest clue as to the essence of National Bolshevik ideology. While Dugin originally founded the NBP and recruited Limonov as a figurehead that would be able to attract young people because of his popularity as a writer, Dugin eventually left the Party because he became disgusted by the fact that it had degenerated into a personality cult.

In the interview for www.kreml.org, Dugin accused the NBP of actively operating on sadistic principles by risking the freedom of young people through making them engage in senseless and reckless activities. What makes the operations of the high cadres of the NBP even more reprehensible is the fact that they are fully aware that most of the young people they recruit are not experienced enough yet to contemplate the results that the actions they engage in might trigger. Dugin claimed that these children are stooges, their main purpose of existence consisting of enhancing the literary career of a tragically aging (both intellectually and physically) writer.

Stalin Folk arise!
against the wall the traitor!

Dugin also said that a "certain glossy magazine" (I suspect that it is the Russian version of the American smutrag MAXIM since I recently saw an article about the NBP in one of its issues) justified the existence of the NBP with "neoliberal arguments." It is interesting to note that Dugin himself has a column in the Russian edition of the American smutrag ROLLING STONE (not exactly known for its antiliberal stance)!

hear the music?
it's the ratcatcher playing his fleshy flute, baby!

 

- Constantin von Hoffmeister