Too many people just blather on about work, who creates real value? The devastating disparity is growing and the consequences will be increasingly felt and the devastating attempt will not wake society up in time. This is always due to its (im)maturity. "Without honest work there are no cakes". One cannot live forever on the debt of today and the future. "Bread and games" ends, like all prosperity on debt. JŠ
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A cautionary tale of the economic and political failure of Brexit, an acceptance of the inevitability of a Europe-wide solution to the migrant crisis, and the ultimate realisation that simple information has become a weapon of mass destruction would be a good start for a much needed discussion. The question remains, however, whether populist political entities such as ANO and SPD, which address almost half of the Czech electorate at this critical moment, are interested in such a self-preserving discussion.
The assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is just the first rumble of a storm that has long been brewing. Czech society does not want to see it and is not prepared for it. For "us" nothing is happening, so it is more important to see if the historic attendance record at the ice hockey world championship will be broken, or to get upset about the police intervention against fans who "only" wanted to celebrate the league championship title after the game right on the stadium field. Isn't that not allowed? Who cares? "Our boys" won...
Most Czech politicians are oblivious to this and are not even able to notice the radical change in the world. They do not understand that what is happening on the other side of the globe can directly affect the Czech Republic. Even less does it understand that without active participation and cooperation within the European Union, it has not the slightest chance of defending itself.
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