Demographic collapse of Serbia and the entire Balkans

Hardly anyone can truly believe that the results of the population census, which is almost finally finished, will give a realistic demographic picture of Serbia. The reasons for this are multiple: first, the census was carried out in a haphazard and unprofessional manner, so to speak, in a progressive manner. Many residents were not surveyed, even those who live in city centers and sit at home all day. The pollsters didn't even put calls into their mailboxes and left it up to their conscience whether they would call the enumerators on duty until November 17 and express that primal human need to be recorded in the statistical books. When the signer of these lines asked an unlisted friend if she would call the hotline for an additional census, she answered him with a counter question: "Explain to me, why exactly would I do that?" Not to mention those who ran away from the enumerators believing that they would implant Bill Gates' chip and even vaccinate them along the way...

But, even if it was technically executed perfectly, using the endless possibilities of modern technologies, we have every reason to think that the results of the census will be modified by the propaganda junta in power according to their needs. When they can adjust the election results as they see fit, why should they not show managerial tendencies in this area to embellish reality? The number of inhabitants is an excellent indicator of political and economic tendencies: where people are fleeing is certainly not rosy like on TV Pink...

Read on full text by Nedimo Sejdinović in the weekly "Vreme" from Thursday (November 17)