The Czechs are helping Ukrainian refugees, but they are burdened by high fuel prices. Your academic colleague, sociologist Jelínková, considers it dangerous and populist to ask in the context of the Ukrainian crisis “what about Czech citizens?” Can we agree with her?
I do not know the full quote from my colleague Jelínková and I do not know the context, so I cannot comment on her specific words. However, in general, to ignore the impact on the population is a manifestation of the most abominable dictatorships.
It is worth noting that the current power and intellectual elite have adopted a pseudo-religious attitude based on human sacrifice. The planet can be saved, according to them, by making you suffer, by starving you, by destroying your life. Putin can be defeated by making poor people suffer and suffer again.
Note that the Czech government is not seeking to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. Its actions are aimed at making the Czech people worse off. That is not the point. So we will make sacrifices and see if we can save the planet or at least have world peace.
Note that the Czech government is not seeking to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. Its actions are aimed at making the Czech people worse off.
In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, pro-government circles use the phrase “we are at war.” Are we, as the Czech Republic, really at war? Do you feel that you are at war?
To a large extent, I feel that way. Our government has dragged us into a US-Russian conflict that we have nothing to do with. And it is having an impact on us. Today gasoline, tomorrow housing and food prices, we can expect unemployment to rise, and much more. And I’m reluctant to point out that this can also escalate to a nuclear conflict.
Does Mr Fiala have a plan for how the shattering of the lives of thousands and thousands of Czech people will lead to victory over Putin? If he has such a plan and we get our resource-rich occupation zone in Russia, so be it. Then perhaps the steps are in the interest of the Czech people and the sacrifice is worthwhile. But if Mr Fiala does not have a plan and is destroying Czech society unnecessarily, then he should be held responsible. Perhaps not only politically, but later also criminally. After all, our laws provide for punishments for those who provoke war.
The intellectuals, but also the members of the government, are behaving like three-year-olds.
What are we missing the most at this stage?
Critical reason. The intellectuals, but also the members of the government, are behaving like three-year-olds. Perhaps it is indeed the case that there is a ruler to the east of us with psychopathic traits, the capacity for very decisive action and hundreds of nuclear missiles. Well, let’s act accordingly. Let’s try to influence him, build our own defenses, and make contingency plans. Let’s start intensive militia training. Let’s rapidly build nuclear shelters. Let’s improve the physical fitness and encourage the masculinity and combativeness of Czech men.
But so far the Czech government seems to know nothing but to provoke the ruler.
