Empathy in a Time of Rebellion

14.August 2025. Jovana Gligorijevic

The regime is asking for mercy, but it would not give it to you

Darko Glišić, Minister for Public Investments, had a stroke in front of the cameras. The regime tried to somehow blame the citizens for it, because the citizens, apparently, did not show enough empathy for what happened to the minister. However, it is the regime that is systematically trying to kill the compassion of the citizens. And this with Glišić is just a signal that society has partially removed compassion from itself as an act of self-defense

TV maniac

23.October 2024. Dragan Ilic

The economy of empathy - experiencing or experiencing

Conflict is shown instead of dialogue, aggression instead of tenderness. We have evidence for this thesis in all program segments, from reality shows to political debates to dramatization of sports events and weather forecasts. There is a constant trade in attention through the explicit display of violence

Mass murders in Serbia

23.May 2023. Z.S.

Massacre in Mladenovac: The President of Serbia visited the families of the victims

Aleksandar Vučić visited today the families of those killed in the massacre in the villages of Dubona and Mala Orašje near Mladenovac. Vučić expressed his condolences and said that he believes that the judicial system and institutions of Serbia will have the strength to adequately punish the murderer. For the victims who died the day before in the tragedy at "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school, he said that he lit a candle in the church and did not think that he should make a show out of it