In most public cases, the views of the political class disagree importantly from those of the majority of society.
After all, the lame strategy of modern democracy has little and little to do with the accomplishment of its objective: to guarantee representation and influence of state policies to different classes, social groups, both number and majority. Today, the strategy represents the interests of 2 classes: political and corporate-financial. In addition, in the case of non-stroke countries specified as Poland, it besides pursues political, economic, cultural and geopolitical interests of external centres.
To alleviate the feeling of exclusion of the majority of the population from any decision-making process, This strategy works with a propaganda apparatus that shapes false consciousness. We are so to believe that the interest of global capital, external centres and local mercenaries/managers of these first 2 groups, i.e. local political class, is our interest as much as possible. The state-corporate hybrid can hotel in this area to soft or tougher measures specified as censorship and repression. Typically, specified actions have the desired effect. Society consisting of isolated units enclosed in 4 walls with its own phobias, fears, television, computer and smartphone is an highly plastic mass that can be shaped at comparatively small cost and effort.
We have witnessed this and we are still, to any extent, on the issue of the war in Ukraine, especially after the beginning of its final phase in February 2022. Manipulation of increasingly little critical and mentally capable to own thoughts of Polish society was primarily based on emotional influence. 1 of its elements was to push the image of Vladimir Zelenski (according to constitutional regulations, the president of Ukraine by 20 May of this year, and now a man illegally occupying the office of the head of state). Known for his primitive sketches of comedians and secondary actor from the Krzywy Horn, he received a certain function to play in 2019. He was first appointed by the well-known Ukrainian-Israeli oligarch Igor Kolomojski, and was then controlled by a much stronger manager who resided regular in Washington and London. Since 2022 it has become the product of global marketing of the Atlantic side. His unshaved face and sports-military outfit were to become a trademark of the political-military confrontation, a translation of the geopolitical language of gameplay and bunk fighting, mutually contradictory interests into a language understood by the masses of western consumers of manipulation. Zelenski greening from posters, TVs, websites, social media, exhibition windows, jumping from refrigerators. He was everywhere. The actor from above Dniepr played the function of life – the foreground, in the planetary blockbuster.
According to investigation conducted by the American centre Pew investigation Centre, the level of Poles' assurance in the super-heros tragic communicative filmed in the territory of the murdered corruption, chaos and war of Ukraine, fell from 70% in 2023 to 48% today. possibly it's a consequence of over-situation, possibly the acting weakness of Zelenski, or the mistakes of the media camera promoting him. Or possibly an increase in criticism and awareness of the people of our country (be!).
The problem is that investigation conducted on behalf of the American poller shows a increasing gap between the Polish public and the local political class. Apart from the fewer exceptions, on the level of parliament we are dealing with people who advance unhealthy fascination and pathological form of love for a clown residing at Bankowa Street in Kiev. We so have open scissors: little than half of the citizens of our country pray to Zelenski's picture, but at the same time 99% of parliamentary political class members are inactive involved. According to Pew Research, 44% of Poles think our support for Kiev is besides big, but only 1% of the political class share this opinion. The conclusion is simple, apparent and without any doubt: views, opinions and interests consciously expressing them are not represented by half of Poles. If the scissors proceed to grow at this rate, the next election could be a landmark, sweeping off the face of the earth increasingly detached from reality and a brazen political class.
Mateusz Piskorski
Think Poland, No. 29-30 (14-21.07.2024)
