Photo: Sav Radovanović/TanjugAct as if meritocracy is a serious crime and make it clear to everyone; for half-heartedness and self-humiliation, he distributes state money, various permits, jobs... Even those thousands of bots know that. The mentioned character traits are at the same time criteria for the selection of MPs, ministers, prime ministers...
1. Gather an army of minions. Whoever wants to climb the ladder of success must master the art of insulting present and absent enemies, ie, of all who do not bow before you. The younger the party members, the more aggressive and furious they must be. The world rests on the young.
2. Adhere to the following division of power: the first group - you, your family and your business partners; the second - persons who you blackmailed, or have so much butter on their heads that they themselves know that they are either with you or behind bars; finally, the third group - the party leadership against whom you seem almost normal, responsible, capable, and even honest.
3. Act as if meritocracy is a serious crime and make it clear to everyone; for half-heartedness and self-humiliation, he distributes (state) money, various permits, jobs... Even those thousands of bots know that. The mentioned character traits are at the same time a criterion for the selection of MPs, ministers, prime ministers...
4. Your family is above all. And only you are allowed to use it for political purposes.
5. The state budget - everyone must know this - is left over from your daughter. Let's repeat: if someone wants to save money and gain privileges, he should look at the third step. And how could it be otherwise - the state is you. .
6. Converts, that is, those who once criticized you, have to constantly prove themselves to you, you are never satisfied with them. For exemplary examples - how far it must and can go, see Minister A. Martinović or MP N. Bakarec. Yes, sometimes you can get sick while watching and listening to them, but what can you do - rules are rules.
7. Organize and maintain continuous state primacy in insulting, aggression, hate speech and targeting the opposition and other critics of the regime. Champions in all these disciplines likeV. Malović (head of the communication service and member of the presidency of the Serbian Progressive Party) N. Krstić (analyst and influential tweeter) will be even better if they have stronger competition. Yes, it's hard to imagine.
8. At the same time, hold days of devotion - that is, who will say the loudest and most ornate ode to you and your family, with an emphasis on the male members. It cannot be any other way: women - it is known - raise children, cook and listen to what a man tells them. Absurd comparisons with great historical figures from local and world contexts are especially welcome, superlatives too. The bigger the parody and kitsch hagiography, the better.
9. The preferred narrative is to accuse others of what you and your party are actually doing. There, too, there is no limit. In twisting reality, you are the emperor - your party members only more or less successfully imitate you.
10. You are aware that your people, if there really is a dialogue - which the foreigners seem to be forcing you to - will not be equal interlocutors. The amount of insults and distractions is inversely proportional to the arguments. Undecided voters could turn against you. So - hold the media and don't let go! Give everything else, but your media, for a living.
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