Thoughts from the Russian Federation

[Eric the Green]

It could be argued that Russia and its satellites and former subject republics have never entered the modern world. They have always been suppressed. This may be an exaggeration, since in spite of everything Russians have contributed to civilization. But most people there have always been poor and oppressed, and they have no sense of what it means to have any say in their affairs. They bow down to the leader by force of habit and indoctrination. So, do they really undergo a saeculum at all?

The saeculum is a whirlpool and a wheel of progress. The fact that it is a cycle means that it pushes us forward. Contrary to popular opinion and according to obvious fact, only wheels allow forward motion. Linear progress is impossible. It would be trying to push along a car that has no wheels. In a society that never progresses, then, how can there be a saeculum?