The presidential election is coming up, and I – a modest citizen with a pilot in 1 hand and a citrus tea in the another – effort to realize precisely what is going on. due to the fact that it looks like the stakes are not only who will grin at the Presidential Palace, but besides who will hold the globe.
It started innocently. There were spots in the network of Action Democracy – a bit like ads for toothpaste, only alternatively of a white grin we have moral instruction and the atmosphere of a school interview. And then individual went deeper, and it turns out there are players behind this full action that James Bond would get lost. Climate Foundations from Germany, Norwegians with grants, any Austrian company that knows everyone from Soros to the Guardians of the Galaxy.
The funniest thing (if individual likes black humour) is that nobody knows precisely who's backing it. The money goes through PayPal, Facebook, and so on, and as a result, it turns out that a company that does not collect, but hides is liable for the donation.
In a average country, it would be a large screenplay for the show – "House of NGO", episode one: The disappearing millions and mysterious donor from Brussels. But here, it's just an election campaign.
In the meantime, an event called "Impact 25" was held in Poznań, something between the legislature of the future and the class reunion of graduates. Even Barack Obama came by, though without Michelle, so I was a small disappointed. And Francis Fukuyama (the 1 from the “end of history” that clearly confused the chapters) and good old John Kerry, who spoke with specified empathy about Putin's problems that I felt like sending him buns and a warm blanket.
On phase were besides our national sages – celebrities, erstwhile prime ministers and politicians who have said the same thing for about 20 years, only now with fresh graphics in the background. The full thing looked a bit like a wedding without a young couple – something seems to happen, but it is not rather clear why.
And now individual will tell me, “So what?” And the fact that it is increasingly hard to tell who truly participates in the election – us, as a nation, or any global orchestra that plays its tune, and we are just touring the rhythm.
So erstwhile we go to vote, let's think about a moment, who truly wants us to put a cross here alternatively than there. And whether we are certain to vote for ourselves or whether individual has already clicked for us "I like it".
Because possibly this isn't the presidential election anymore. possibly it's just casting for the next period of "Geopolitics from a hidden camera".
