{"id":25333,"date":"2012-04-13T13:02:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T12:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belgradefvc.com\/blog\/?p=955"},"modified":"2022-12-30T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:15:53","slug":"the-progressive-electoral-quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-progressive-electoral-quandary\/","title":{"rendered":"The progressive electoral quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought this quote from Hera made out of clouds in Pe\u0161\u010danik<\/a> made an interestinhg point about progressives in Serbia feel they have no reliable political representation:<\/p>\n

“A citizen of Serbia who is in favor of urgent amendments to the Constitution, recognition of Kosovo, NATO membership, strengthening of Vojvodina autonomy, putting an end to the vassalage towards Russia, and full distancing of the state from the church and its obscure ethical views, who seeks public recognition of the failure of foreign policy, as well as the failure of education, of the judiciary reform, of the fight against corruption, of brining order into the work of secret and public police, a citizen who is against any form of national idealism and interest-based alliances with those who want to restore Milosevic\u2019s policies, against the remnants of the forces which instigated and led wars, and all those who would have fallen victims to lustration \u2013 cannot find a relevant political force in Serbia today, with a program and practical activities he or she can rely on.<\/p>\n

Being constantly unprepared leads to defeat. Constant defeat one is responsible for can be handled only hand in hand with a sense of injustice. Constant sense of injustice always finds an outside guilty party, and is the source of intolerance, loneliness and rejection of the world. The way we are unprepared is something that is inherited, practiced and bequeathed. It is not only the consequence of neglect. On the contrary, and not very rarely, it signifies the failure to accept being prepared, it is an expression of unreadiness for any kind of changes, for learning how to change, for acquiring the ability for realistic assessments and rational prognosis. It is a method of political determination, denial of the world to come, denial of the order of things.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought this quote from Hera made out of clouds in Pe\u0161\u010danik made an interestinhg point about progressives in Serbia feel they have no reliable political representation: “A citizen of Serbia who is in favor of urgent amendments to the Constitution, recognition of Kosovo, NATO membership, strengthening of Vojvodina autonomy, putting an end to the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[300,296],"class_list":["post-25333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-news","tag-processed","tag-published"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prY0k-6AB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4177,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-kalmyk-of-belgrade\/","url_meta":{"origin":25333,"position":0},"title":"The Kalmyk of Belgrade","author":"Limbic","date":"November 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst looking for a Buddhist centre in Belgrade, I came across the sad story of the Kalymks and their gift to Belgrade - a Buddhist temple. 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