Ah, the “gadgets” he is speaking of are cellphones. While he talks about the danger of being tracked and spied on as a global thing, and I’m sure he is quite serious about that, the subtext is the danger on a national level as well, which I’m sure his audience appreciates, given the history.
I thought it was going to be about microwave ovens or something (back during the latter Yeltsin years, there were rumors going around about them giving you cancer and making you sterile, similar to rumors here back in the 1970s).
Teens in Russia became obsessed with computers and video games in the early 2000’s, with kids jumping off bridges over them and whatnot. Yes, our teens were and still are into all that, but it was a new thing for the Russians, and, coming after the terrible poverty of the 1990s, much more extreme there.
It’ been a couple of decades since I spent time in Russia, but can imagine Russians being every bit as glued to their cellphones as we are.
Well thank you for actually watching it. I believe you might be the only one.
There are other sermons he gave..about same sex marriage, homosex, the destruction of the family, what happened to the orthodox church during the 20th century, globalism, etc.
Watched a bit of the ceremonies they perform...all Greek to me. But boy does the man hit the bases square on the nose in some of his sermons.
Thank you for actually watching it.
BTW, I am surprised that they have not banned him from youtube yet.