The election campaign has started. Judging by the stupidity and obscure lies that the regime's tabloids and bots tirelessly pour on Zdravko Ponoš, Vlade Janković, Marinika Tepić, Dobrica Veselinović and other opposition candidates, one has to wonder what Serbia has turned into after ten years of progressive rule.
For example – to a land of atomized and terrified individuals who prove their loyalty with obscure vulgarity? Or in the global "tiger" in the production of hate speech? Maybe to a country whose trademark is polity and vulgarity?
Here is the worst civil cowardice: every criticism of a regime in whose hands power is unprecedented in recent history is followed by demonization of the one who utters it. As a pure bonus, there comes a turning of the head from the affairs and scandals of the authorities directly directed against the public interest. Where it all leads, the reader knows for himself. The shattering of public opinion and a rigid, deeply divided gloomy state did no one any good.
And how far we have come in the progressive era of exclusivity and intolerance is also evidenced by the case of Novak Đoković. Namely, some opponents of the government insult and "bury" Serbia's best athlete of all time because of his meeting with Aleksandar Vučić. Do any of those important opposition members wonder about the difference between them and Djuka when he brutally attacked Djokovic for cheering for Croatia at the World Cup in Moscow? Turn and turn - they are the same.
To be clear: no matter how he performs his function, Vučić is the president of Serbia by the will of the majority. Many meet him, so why not Djokovic too - maybe just out of decency after Australia. No one can accuse him of hate speech or political incorrectness. And under two - like every citizen, Djokovic is completely free to support whoever he wants in the elections if he wants to. Everything he has achieved is the result of talent and work, by no means of forcing capillary votes.
Finally, with the balance between the government and the opposition, the pre-election campaign is also underway within the progressives. Aleksandar Šapić says that Vučić promised him the position of mayor of Belgrade, but... Why then does Goran Vesić not give up his candidacy? It will be that the "boss" hasn't broken yet.
Catch all the party has its advantages, but also disadvantages. It's a good thing that it allows simultaneously standing up for diametric opposites and promising everyone everything they want. A serious problem arises when the time of decision comes - that's when disappointed dissatisfaction, dissonant tones, doubts, demoralization, questioning arise...
It will certainly not be easy for Vučić to choose between Vesić and Šapić. However - they will have to. Whatever he decides, the tabloids and bots will be ready. Just in case.
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