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Being from a post-socialist country fucking sucks (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by cerealkiller@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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If you couldn't tell already since I'm too vocal about It, I'm from Serbia.

After the fall of Yugoslavia, this place has become a place of deepest reaction. The people here have been doomed to elect between a neoliberal big tent right wing ruling party and a pro-west liberal opposition, most of the higher ranking members being your typical bourgeoisie.

To update you on the student movement that made a lot of noise a while back. It's falling apart really due to It losing It's originally decent focus from having to concrete leadership. It unfocused from student demands to parliamentary elections and begging the EU to intervene. Then again what was I expecting?

I didn't think I'd be jealous of American students protesting for Palestine while these fuckers are talking about "democracy and a fair state". Whatever that means.

I fucking hate It here man.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I've learned to assume any movement that asks for "democracy" (in a country that already has elections) instead of an actual material thing like an anti-corruption campaign, reversing austerity policies, welfare, etc is probably a color revolution. Do you think it's possible that pro-western NGOs or other groups played a role in coopting or sabotaging the protest movement there?

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

like an anti-corruption campaign

I'd be careful there. You're thinking of chinese style anti corruption campaigns, but merely asking 'anti corruption' is as immaterial and manipulative as anything can be.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Western libs: "oh golly I sure would love a party actually fighting corruption!"

Communist Party of China: purges millions of members from the party, rising in the party is a tough meritocracy in which you have to live by the example, organizes anti-corruption propaganda campagins, literally fucking executes high-profile corruption offenders

Western libs: "oh no, that looks so authoritarian!! I hate it!!!"

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In totalitarian gommulist 1849 gyna there are consequences for your actions

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Get reeducated lmaooo gotteeeeeeeeeem

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah the far-right in Spain always run on anticorruption, for example

[–] cerealkiller@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Well I should have saw It coming really. It was revealed a few days back the most active students on plenums (lib anarchist student councils basically) are full of NGO's, lib activist groups and right-center liberal party members. Even though they promoted being ANTI-POLITICS early on.

My org thankfully saw It coming way earlier on with students misinterpreting and simplifying strikes as "taking a day off" and going the electoral route.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Anti-corruption is typical neolib slogan in the Eastern Europe along with democracy.

[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"democracy" (in a country that already has elections)

At least implementing ranked-choice or score voting system would be something less nebulous, an actual goal that could be reached in a short period of time

Wouldn’t be enough but if I were a liberal, getting rid of an arcane voting system would be something I'd protest about vote

I guess D'hondt is better than FPTP but whatever

I'm not that up-to-date about the Serbian electoral system though