They always say there is no background political process. But why do they always insinuate (journalists) that there is something like that? So you must read between the lines. This article is a selection of quotes I have collected over time. They are from both English and Czech media. These are just pieces, but they clearly demonstrate that our politics is plagued by patron-client relationships, both national and multinational. So if you have a problem with heavy literary evidence, these quotes may make you believe. I put the quote and then – from an average reader’s position – give a question.
Quotes
- “France should do more in preserving the liberal system” What system? How does it work?
- “The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging.” At what crossroads? How should it work?
- “Biden has an opportunity now in Gaza, but only if he pushes.” What opportunity? How can he push?
- “Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi walked hand in hand as they arrived to meet Xi Jinping at a major summit in China aimed at establishing a new world order and challenging the West.” What new world order? What does it mean?
- “Even we, just like the whole of Europe, will have to respond with the new government to changes in American policy and also to the rising Asian powers uniting under China’s leadership with Russia at their back. Otherwise, the weakened Euro-American alliance will become easy prey in the struggle for global leadership.” How to change? What does global leadership look like?
- “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.” How?
- “Trump and Zelensky are looking for a back door. Powerful forces are pulling them together.” What kind of forces?
Read between the lines: Now a Czech lesson
Andrej Babiš is an entrepreneur who gained his wealth during wild privatisation. As of now, his political party is the most popular.
“Babiš will win the election, but it will not do him any good.” How come? What are the forces?
“Wonderful years with Babiš” (Báječná léta s Babišem) is a book that insinuates Mr. Babiš cannot gain the scale of his power again. However, the author frequently warns against Babiš.
“Babiš has no choice but to incline to the West.” Under what constellation of forces? How?
“The Viennese waltz is faltering, and in the big city on the Danube people are not in the mood to dance. Yet in the Alpine valleys of Carinthia, there may already be celebrations. After the collapse of negotiations among the local democratic parties, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen had no choice but to task the leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, with forming a government together with the conservatives. This has given a strongly pro-Russian and often completely eccentric politician the chance to become Austrian chancellor. And for Andrej Babiš, it would mean a major boost in his struggle for power in the Czech Republic.” Once again, without any explanation.
What does an average reader think? And what does an intelligent one think?
As I once said, even if they wrote and broadcast about the whole shadow politics (what banks are connected to POTUS, which lobbyists are preventing the release of an article, how the super-rich families rule, how the secret services work for some families and own banks’ shares, how the political process is clogged, and so on) – no, it would make no difference. Because people are such sheep.
They also talk about security architecture, yet never reveal how it should look. This article could contain hundreds of quotes, but at some point, I stopped collecting them.
An unconvinced reader may start believing in structured background processes, and a reader who already knows can see how media and people are corrupt.
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