The subject of generations in Polish politics made me so curious that I would pull him. planet crises and wars have produced respective large worldwide generational waves.
The large Generation, which remembers planet War II, has already fundamentally withdrawn from active politics. It was the last generation that shared experiences on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
They built this curtain. And they knocked it down. “Master Gorbachev, teardrop down this wall!” said 1 typical of this generation to another.
For a long time on both sides of the Iron Curtain, each politician had to have an episode of planet War II in his résumé. Thus, in the 1980s and 1990s, planet politics were rife with the large Generation – Thatcher (‘25), Mitterrand (‘16), Kohl (‘30), Reagan (‘11), and Bush (‘24). The last large leader of this generation was most likely Chirac (‘32), who gave up power in 2007.
They were followed by “baby boomers”, a generation of postwar highlands (born 1945-1955). They took power together with Clinton (‘46), Blair (‘53) and Putin (‘52) and proceed to regulation the planet to a large extent: the US elections will settle between Trump (‘46) and Clinton (‘47).
Then came the X generation. present it rules Poland. It is president (‘72) and Prime Minister (‘63), as well as 3 self-appointed opposition leaders: Schetyna (‘62), Kiev (‘68) and Petru (‘72).
Of course, in fact, Poland rules from the rear seat classical boomer: Kaczyński (‘49). This is the last leader from this generation in Poland: and here we come to the most interesting.
In the past of the 3rd Republic we had many politicians from the generation of boomers, who already, it seemed, held the scepter of the leaders of the centreleft, the centreright, the centrocenter, or even the full Nation choosing the leader without the Second Turkey. Everyone's already on political retirement.
Their name is legion: Krzaklewski (‘50), Cimoszewicz (‘50), Balcerowicz (‘47), Olechowski (‘47), Kwasniewski (‘54), Komorowski (‘52), Miller (‘46). I would have added Wales ( ‘43).
The common feature of most of their failures was the combination. They made up specified sophisticated gambites that they yet gave themselves a mat.
A fresh example is the political euthanasia of Leszek Miller. In 2001, his organization received over 41% of the vote. Out of his own folly (Rywin's affair!) he reduced it to 11.3 in 2005. And then... cucumber, sink-trumps and goodbye.
Sophisticated dribling ended with picturesque suicide from the mediate of the field we will see in the case of political careers of people as different as Kwasniewski and Krzaklewski. In Poland this generation has any unusual political gene of self-destruction, unlike its peers in the West.
This only exception is due to Smolensk tragedy. If it wasn't for her, Kaczyński would have gone out of business with his brother's defeat in the 2010 election. The right would have carried out a dintojra that was waiting for her anyway.
Polish leaders from this generation entered active politics besides late. Even at the circular Table they sat in the shadow of quarterbacks from the large Generation – Jaruzelski (‘23), Kiszczak (‘25), Rakowski (‘26), Mazowiecki (‘27), Geremka (‘32) and Glemp (‘29).
For the country's management, they went without experience in the management of the commune or the company. It is characteristic that boomers are doing well in local governments (e.g. the majority of the “unsinkable” are them). They failed at national level.
They spent the best years in the Conspiracy (solidary) or on the reserve bench (comouchs). They did not learn the hard art of building the squad and directing it.
This can be seen from the example of the political loneliness of Komorowski – there was no 1 in his surroundings to talk him out of it. He was surrounded by flatterers and charlatans. It's brilliant! Bronek, re-election is in your pocket!”
Probably the suicides. In the mediate of the field, they discovered they were alone. They had no 1 to serve.
Baby boomers are a large group (by definition). In Poland they are pensioners who stand behind Kaczyński: due to the fact that he is 1 of them. They'll never trust a generation X.
I realize them. As I wrote in a erstwhile note, I do not trust my generation. My political hopes are tied to a generation of millennials who everywhere in the planet like 70-year-olds to us. But possibly from this generational asymmetry comes the conclusion that liberal-left opposition can only save a 70-year-old like in Austria?
