A surprise presidential win for Poland's conservative Karol Nawrocki signals potential clashes lie ahead with the pro-European government’s reform agenda.
The horrible thing though is most elections our choice is a facist who paints themselves as representatives of the working class (but basically wants to make the world worse for everyone). Or a pro-elite neoliberal center or center-“left” candidate who inevitably doesn’t solve much at all except doing everything to undermine the left which essentially means next time there is widespread discontent the far right will benefit.
I hate this world. (Obviously, I prefer and vote for the centrist candidates, but the outlook in the long run is hella grim).
Essentially:
(Neo)liberals: Cut public services, deregulate markets, manage inequality, repress protest.
The left opposition is marginalised, criminalised, or co-opted.
There is widespread alienation Especially among the working classandyouth.
->
Far right steps in: Offers fake solidarity, nationalism, scapegoats.
->
(Neo)liberals say: “We’re the only thing standing between you and fascism.”
->
Repeat.
I think it needs actual democracy. Grassroots power. Ground up, not top down.
Not voting in popularity contests with millions of others where corporate funded campaign financing influences everything you see and corporate funded media influences everything you hear.
See, this is why I STRONGLY believe something like Lemmy is essential for an actual Democracy to function. Of course, not the only thing, we also need a rethink of our educational systems, a complete restructuring of our priorities and principles as a species, and these are just to name a few.
But true Democracy cannot exist unless the consensus is granular, as well as educated and rational. The Forum is necessary.
But we still have a lot of rethinking to do beyond just that, otherwise we’ll be right back where we started. We can’t have a Democracy centered around anything other than its people (i.e. not fucking Capitalism).
Edit: and it needs to function primarily toward nurturing people who can adequately carry said Democratic process! We should never have do our shopping while starving, so to speak, and we should be educated in such a way as to understand what and why we’re consuming, with adequate transparency to allow us that understanding, etc.
The horrible thing though is most elections our choice is a facist who paints themselves as representatives of the working class (but basically wants to make the world worse for everyone). Or a pro-elite neoliberal center or center-“left” candidate who inevitably doesn’t solve much at all except doing everything to undermine the left which essentially means next time there is widespread discontent the far right will benefit.
I hate this world. (Obviously, I prefer and vote for the centrist candidates, but the outlook in the long run is hella grim).
Essentially:
(Neo)liberals: Cut public services, deregulate markets, manage inequality, repress protest. The left opposition is marginalised, criminalised, or co-opted. There is widespread alienation Especially among the working class and youth. -> Far right steps in: Offers fake solidarity, nationalism, scapegoats. -> (Neo)liberals say: “We’re the only thing standing between you and fascism.” -> Repeat.Yep, we need a rebuild, from the ground up. Democracy is a very good idea, but the Greeks were right in that it needs a lot more fine-tuning.
I think it needs actual democracy. Grassroots power. Ground up, not top down.
Not voting in popularity contests with millions of others where corporate funded campaign financing influences everything you see and corporate funded media influences everything you hear.
See, this is why I STRONGLY believe something like Lemmy is essential for an actual Democracy to function. Of course, not the only thing, we also need a rethink of our educational systems, a complete restructuring of our priorities and principles as a species, and these are just to name a few.
But true Democracy cannot exist unless the consensus is granular, as well as educated and rational. The Forum is necessary.
But we still have a lot of rethinking to do beyond just that, otherwise we’ll be right back where we started. We can’t have a Democracy centered around anything other than its people (i.e. not fucking Capitalism).
Edit: and it needs to function primarily toward nurturing people who can adequately carry said Democratic process! We should never have do our shopping while starving, so to speak, and we should be educated in such a way as to understand what and why we’re consuming, with adequate transparency to allow us that understanding, etc.
That is exactly what happened here. And it doesn’t seem like they (ruling parties and ‘their’ media) have learned anything.