-- TWO YEARS AGO, THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL DISCUSSION REVOLVED AROUND VACCINATIONS AND THE HOC LAW… The press reported that free beds in COVID intensive care units were running out in Warsaw. Also two years ago, an Anita Gargas report on TVP revealed Michnik's words to Jaruzelski: "I LOVE HIM!" And five years ago, Szymon Hołownia announced on the cover of Tygodnik Powszechny that he wanted to be president. *** -- WILL WE SUBSIDIZE THE PENSIONS OF STARS? - FACT'S COVER STORY ON THE DRAFT LAW ON THE STATUS OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. -- THE SEJM PUBLISHES ITS SESSION SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2024 https://300polityka.pl/live/2023/12/08/sejm-publikuje-terminarz-posiedzen-sejmu-na-pierwsza-polowe-2024-roku/ -- THIS IS HOW HASTE AND COPYING PIS'S IDEAS ENDS, WHO NOTORIOUSLY SUBMITTED PARLIAMENTARY BILLS INSTEAD OF GOVERNMENT ONES TO SPEED THINGS UP - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “But not everything looks ideal in the new Sejm. There is no doubt that attaching wind farm regulations to the bill on freezing energy prices was a mistake by the democratic coalition. These regulations were poorly prepared and ill-conceived. And the only sensible solution was to withdraw the wind regulations from this bill and announce that a separate government project on this matter would be adopted after all required consultations. The leaders of the democratic coalition have already made such a sound decision. This is the result of haste and copying PiS's ideas, who notoriously submitted parliamentary bills instead of government ones to speed things up. And it was PiS that used tricks, which involve inserting something into a bill that is difficult to vote against, such as the one on freezing energy prices, to provoke opposition protests. There is no point in following Jarosław Kaczynski's path.” -- IN THE PREVIOUS TERM, PIS CLUB MEMBERS NOTORIOUSLY SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS CLEARLY WRITTEN BY UNIDENTIFIED LOBBYISTS WHO TREATED MPS AS THEIR ENVOYS - WIELOWIEYSKA CONTINUES IN GW: “But PiS's accusations that lobbyists acted in the wind farm matter can be met with the saying: the devil is dressed as a priest and ringing the church bells. In the previous term, PiS club members notoriously submitted amendments clearly written by lobbyists who did not reveal themselves, but treated MPs as their messengers, for example, in the case of the tobacco excise tax law. -- EVERY DRAFT LAW OR INTERPELLATION SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ANNOTATION STATING WHO PARTICIPATED IN ITS PREPARATION - WRITES WIELOWIEYSKA: “Lobbying is something natural and good in a democracy, provided it is transparent. And it is worth ensuring this transparency in the new Sejm term: every draft law or interpellations should be accompanied by an annotation stating who participated in the preparation of the document and on what basis it was created. The new ruling coalition should ensure this.” -- ANOTHER PROOF OF THE INTERNAL WAR WITHIN PIS BETWEEN KAMIŃSKI'S FACTION AND THE FACTION OF DANIEL OBAJTEK, CEO OF ORLEN - WIELOWIEYSKA ON THE OUTBREAK OF CONFLICTS IN PIS: “There has also been an exchange of blows between the special services and PKN Orlen and its company founded with the private entrepreneur Michał Sołowow. The company deals with small nuclear reactors, so-called SMRs. The two-week government gave the green light for this venture at the last minute, even though the ABW (Internal Security Agency) had twice given a negative opinion on the application. American company GE Hitachi reactors are to be used in the construction of SMRs. So far, no such power plant has been built anywhere in the world, and the GE Hitachi design has not yet been approved for use in the USA. At the same time, US Ambassador to Warsaw, Mark Brzezinski, enthusiastically commented on the Morawiecki government's decision on the X platform. This is further evidence of the internal war within PiS between the Kamiński faction and the faction of Daniel Obajtek, CEO of Orlen.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30483430,cud-w-polityce-prezes-glapinski-wzywa-na-pomoc-europejski-bank.html -- THE WEAKNESS OF THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT WAS ITS OVERREACH IN DEFENSE OF ITS INCREASINGLY BROAD POWER. THE PROBLEM FOR THE NEW COALITION MAY BE EXCESSIVE SUBMISSION TO INTEREST GROUPS. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THIS TEAM'S FIRST SCANDAL - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA. -- THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF POLSKA 2050 IS BEING PUT TO THE TEST - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “Let's remember: a significant group of voters voted for Trzecia Droga, and within it, for Polska 2050, as a new quality. Different from the crude, power-greedy PiS, but also free from the old mistakes of Tusk's Platform. We don't know if MP Hennig-Kloska yielded to her assistant or to shrewder KO politicians who slipped her the right text. But this is another case where the immaculate conception of Polska 2050 is being put to the test. In the future, when the new coalition unifies the media market (if it succeeds), such signals can be ignored. For now, it's better to be cautious.” -- I SHOULD END THIS TEXT WITH AN APPEAL TO THE NEW COALITION TO AMEND THE LOBBYING LAW AND TO PRECISELY DEFINE THE CONCEPT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST - ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION IN INTERIA: “I should end this text with an appeal to the new coalition to amend the lobbying law and to precisely define the concept of conflict of interest. However, I am aware that this is like talking to a brick wall. They didn't wait eight years for power just to start by limiting themselves.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-widmo-lobbingu-czyli-ludzie-cienia-za-nowa-koalicja,nId,7197472 -- "NOT IN THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS" CAN MEAN IN A YEAR, TWO, OR NEVER. HOWEVER, TUSK WILL THEN COMMIT A STEP MORE THAN RISKY. THIS PARTICULAR PROMISE IS THE ONLY ONE OF EQUAL WEIGHT TO THE "500 PLUS" PROMISE - CEZARY MICHALSKI IN INTERIA: “The key is the 60,000 zł tax-free allowance, about which Tusk laconically said that it would be "not in the first hundred days." "Not in a hundred days" could mean in a year, two, or never. However, Tusk will then commit a step more than risky. This particular electoral promise by Donald Tusk and Civic Platform is the only one of equal weight (and risks, of course) to the "500 plus" promise by Kaczynski and PiS in 2015. Every Pole will benefit from it, everyone will have real cash in their pockets, everyone will find out about it. The contribution-based relief for businesses and the self-employed, which Tusk will start implementing from the very beginning, is of course a huge relief for everyone engaged in economic activity in Poland, but symbolically (and therefore politically) it will never fulfill the function of "500 plus".” -- IN 2015, KACZYNSKI DECIDED THAT IN POLAND, THE LOGIC OF "EQUAL STOMACHS" AND THE LOGIC OF "VODKA FOR A VOTE" WOULD PREVAIL, NOT THE LOGIC OF DEVELOPMENT - MICHALSKI CONTINUES: “In 2015, Kaczynski decided that for purely political reasons, due to electoral profitability, the logic of "equal stomachs," the logic of "vodka for a vote," would prevail in Poland, not the logic of development, motivation, raising the level of public services, and state aid precisely targeted to the truly most vulnerable and needy. However, he "promised and delivered," while Tusk "promised and lied." This will be PiS's only election slogan in 2024, and it might be an effective one.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-rzad-w-senacie-a-nie-na-youtube,nId,7197655 -- THE NEW TUSK IS ASTONISHINGLY SECONDARY. THERE IS NO FRESHNESS. WILL THIS SPECIFIC MIXTURE DECEIVE POLES AGAIN? - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “More experienced people have a sense of déjà vu. This has already happened, it bothered us for years, and then, it seemed, it went bankrupt once and for all. But it has returned. The fundamental question is: will this construction soar again? Will this specific mixture of grimaces, quips, suspended pauses, tricks, ruses, manipulations, half-truths, and quarter-truths deceive Poles again? We will get the full answer in a few months. One thing is striking: the new Tusk is astonishingly secondary. He is an actor of one role, already quite worn out. There is no freshness. And this will resonate sooner than we think. 'You know me a bit from past years, nothing has changed here,' Tusk said, and it's hard to disagree with him.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/673759-nowy-tusk-jest-zdumiewajaco-wtorny-swiezosci-brak -- IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT THE BALANCE SHEET SYMBOLIZED BY THE NAME "JACEK KURSKI" FAVORS TREATING ANY PUBLIC TELEVISION AS A BURDENSOME BALLAST. BUT SHOULDN'T WE EXPECT POLITICIANS TO LOOK FURTHER, OR RATHER BROADER? - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “It cannot be denied that the balance sheet symbolized by the name 'Jacek Kurski' favors treating any public television (and incidentally, not so strongly politicized radio) as a burdensome ballast. But shouldn't we expect politicians to look further, or rather broader? Is the new government aiming for a thorough "streamlining" of public media, even after taking them over, sometimes called "depoliticization"? TVP, which is defending its achievements today, proves in "Wiadomości" that it did, after all, expose politicians' scandals. Yes, politicians from always the same side, in the tone of monotonous, usually identical agitational materials. It was Marcin Wolski, initially one of the directors of this TVP, who summed up the results of the last elections with the remark that Poles had enough of propaganda, worse than in the 1970s (i.e., during Edward Gierek's communist era).” -- IF SOMEONE BELIEVES THAT SYMMETRISTS WILL TAKE OVER AT WORONICZA (TVP HEADQUARTERS), PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PRESENT VARIOUS CURRENTS OR ANIMATE OPEN DISCUSSIONS, IN THE SPIRIT OF TODAY'S POLSAT, THEY WILL QUICKLY FIND OUT THAT THE PENDULUM EFFECT WILL TAKE HOLD - ZAREMBA WRITES FURTHER IN RZ: “If someone believes that symmetrists will take over at Woronicza, in the spirit of today's Polsat, people who want to present various currents or animate open discussions, they will quickly find out that the pendulum effect will take hold. The interests of the new government will be guarded. Perhaps in the spirit of slightly more subtle TVN propaganda, rather than the coarse materials of the current "Wiadomości." But no "depoliticization" will likely occur. Neither the leaders of Civic Platform want this, nor do revanchist journalists, even from the team that was at Woronicza until the end of 2015, and will probably return now to "fix things." -- AS LONG AS THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED, THIS UNEASE WILL ACCOMPANY MANY ARTISTS WHO GENERALLY VOTED AGAINST PIS - ZAREMBA STATES: “If state budget subsidies were completely abandoned today, the victim would first and foremost be not political information or journalism, although for several years the liberal opposition called for the abolition of TVP Info. Incidentally, the question is whether public television should have such a channel, given that commercial televisions do. But these segments of television are relatively inexpensive. Thematic channels (culture, history, documentaries), expensive film production, or the Television Theatre would fall victim. So I am not surprised by Wojciech Adamczyk's unease. And, I suspect, as long as the matter is not resolved, this unease will accompany many artists who generally voted against PiS.” -- THE PEOPLE'S PARTY (LUDOWCY) OR THE NEW LEFT CANNOT RELY ON THE PRO-PLATFORM TVN. THAT IS WHY THEY SO EAGERLY WENT TO TVP PROGRAMS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT TREATED VERY WELL THERE - ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION IN RZ: “It is possible that Donald Tusk himself believes that commercial media are enough for him and that public media should be sold. Not now, because President Duda's veto stands in the way, but perhaps in the future. However, he is certainly held back by the attitude of his coalition partners. The Peasants' Party or the New Left cannot rely on the pro-platform TVN. That is why they so eagerly went to TVP programs, even though they were not treated very well there. It is possible that some people in Civic Platform think like Zdrojewski, or are counting on jobs, profits, and influence in public media. And I dream that the position of these media would be decided by good, the best lobbying: from artists, intellectuals, and academic circles. An idealistic vision, granted. Is it even a little realistic?” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39535311-bez-abonamentu-i-bez-kultury-co-nowy-rzad-zrobi-z-mediami-publicznymi -- THOSE WHO SUPPORTED A "THICK LINE" AGAINST THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN 1989 ARE NOW DEMANDING NUREMBERG FOR KACZYNSKI. SOME ANONYMOUS PEOPLE ARE WRITING TO ME THAT I AM A "PISIOR" - PROF. MARCIN MATCZAK IN GW: “I think I'll start writing some kind of 'Report from a Liberated City' to note how opposition figures are behaving after victory over PiS. The mood is euphoric and combative; proposals are flying from everywhere to drown PiS in concrete, and those who supported a 'thick line' against the communist regime in 1989 are now demanding Nuremberg for Kaczynski. Some anonymous people are writing to me that I am a 'Pisior' (a supporter of PiS), or at least a hidden PiS option, because I am appealing to hold them legally accountable and to repay the PiS leaders, not its electorate. People probably think that everyone who hated the Third Polish Republic emigrated, renounced their Polish citizenship, and will never vote here again.” -- WE WROTE TWO LAWS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL, CONSULTED THEM WITH OPPOSITION CLUBS, AND OBTAINED THEIR SUPPORT. AND NOW WE ARE LISTENING TO INSULTS FROM "SILNI RAZEM" (STRONG TOGETHER), WHO KNOW BETTER BECAUSE THEY FOUND THE FOUNTAIN OF POLITICAL WISDOM IN THE EIGHT STARS SYMBOL - MATCZAK CONTINUES: “Scheppele says the same thing that Prof. Issacharoff, a researcher of 'fragile' democracies, said in 2019: treating the plague with cholera will strengthen PiS. According to his assumptions, we prepared a 250-page study at the Batorego Foundation on how to legally clean up the mess left by Kaczynski and Ziobro. We wrote two laws on the Constitutional Tribunal, consulted them with opposition clubs, and obtained their support. And now we are listening to insults from Silni Razem, who know better because they found the fountain of political wisdom in the eight stars symbol.” -- DO YOU TRUST THAT BY VILIFYING THE ELECTORATE AND THEN QUICKLY IMPRISONING PIS POLITICIANS, THERE WILL BE PEACE? THIS IS WHAT ERDOGAN'S OPPONENTS THOUGHT IN 1998 - MATCZAK WRITES: “Authoritarianism is a psychological and social problem, not a legal one: it grows on polarization. Do you trust that by vilifying the electorate and then quickly imprisoning PiS politicians, there will be peace? This is what Erdogan's opponents thought in Turkey in 1998, when they sent him to jail. And he got out after three years, and then he didn't take prisoners. This is what the US elite thinks today: that by prosecuting Trump, the nightmare will not return. And yet Trump is now ahead of Biden in the polls.” https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30477203,ufacie-ze-jak-szybko-wsadzicie-do-wiezienia-pis-owskich-politykow.html -- LIQUIDATION OF THE NEO-KRS (NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL), DISMISSAL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF ZIOBRO'S PEOPLE IN COURTS, TAKING CONTROL OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF NEO-JUDGES, REFORM OF THE SUPREME COURT. AND THEN AMENDING CODES AND ULTIMATELY REFORMING THE COURTS SO THEY ARE FOR THE CITIZENS. THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES FACING ADAM BODNAR - MARIUSZ JAŁOSZEWSKI IN OKO.PRESS. -- EJCHART AND RUDZIŃSKA-BLUSZCZ AT BODNAR'S? - JAŁOSZEWSKI CONTINUES IN OKO: “On Friday, December 8, 2023, the names of other proposed deputy ministers also appeared. These are experts in the field of courts and human rights. They are to be: Maria Ejchart from Wolne Sądy (Free Courts). Like Bodnar, she comes from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, is also the president of the Prof. Zbigniew Hołda Association, and a co-organizer of the Constitutional Week for youth; she specializes in the rights of convicts. Judge Dariusz Mazur from the District Court in Krakow. He is a spokesperson for the Association of Judges Themis. In recent years, he has defended free courts and has contacts among lawyers in the West. Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz worked with Bodnar when he was the Human Rights Ombudsman. She was also a civic candidate for Ombudsman, but PiS blocked her election. She is the president of the ClientEarth Foundation for the Earth. -- IF HE SUCCEEDS, HE MAY GO DOWN IN HISTORY NOT ONLY AS THE ONE WHO FIXED THE COURTS AFTER ZIOBRO, BUT ALSO AS THE ONE WHO TRULY REFORMED THEM AND RETURNED THEM TO THE PEOPLE - JAŁOSZEWSKI CONTINUES IN OKO: “The new minister faces a challenge comparable to the tasks that the Solidarity team had to face in 1989. The expectation of repairing the justice system and holding PiS members accountable is widespread. Bodnar will be under pressure from the ruling coalition – it promised in the elections to settle PiS scandals, hold lawyers (including judges) and citizens accountable. But also from the European Commission, which expects a swift restoration of the rule of law. Because without it, it will not unblock the KPO (National Reconstruction Plan). If he succeeds, he may go down in history not only as the one who fixed the courts after Ziobro, but also as the one who truly reformed them and returned them to the people.” https://oko.press/naprawic-sady-po-pis-zadania-dla-bodnara -- IT IS STRIKING THAT NONE OF THE JOURNALISTS ASKED TUSK WHETHER THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE NO PROMISED INCREASE OF 1500 PLN IN BASIC SALARY - PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “It is striking that none of the journalists asked Tusk whether this means there will be no promised increase of 1500 PLN in basic salary. The KO leader, during the presentation of '100 concrete actions' in Tarnów on September 9, 2023, stated that 'every teacher will receive an increase [hesitation] in their basic salary of at least 1500 PLN, which means a 30% increase for all teachers.'” -- IT APPEARS THAT DONALD TUSK WISHES TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT THAT PROMISE, WHICH WOULD MEAN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN 30% INCREASES IN BASIC SALARIES - PACEWICZ CONTINUES: “It appears that Donald Tusk wishes to remain silent about that promise, which would mean significantly higher than 30% increases in basic (minimum) salaries and consequently also in overall teacher salaries, i.e., so-called average salaries calculated with bonuses and overtime. Tusk repeats the position of his finance minister, Andrzej Domański, who claimed on November 10: 'Our priority task is to increase teachers' salaries by 30% as soon as possible.' We asked the head of ZNP (Polish Teachers' Union), Sławomir Broniarz, if he is disappointed: 'Indeed, the Prime Minister expressed himself that way, but let's not prejudge the matter. We will see what will ultimately be included in Minister Nowacka's regulation and in the basic salary table.' https://oko.press/podwyzki-nauczycieli-tusk-wycofuje-sie-z-1500-zl -- HAS THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE NEW MAJORITY POLITICIANS REGARDING GLAPIŃSKI WEAKENED? IT TURNS OUT NOT - ŁUKASZ SZPYRKA IN INTERIA: “Glapiński has therefore moved to active defense. What do the politicians who want to bring him before the State Tribunal say to this? Has the enthusiasm of the new majority politicians weakened after the three points we presented? It turns out not. From our unofficial conversations, it appears that not much is changing in this matter. The parliamentarians we speak with are, however, convinced that the motion needs to be exceptionally well-reasoned.” -- HOWEVER, IF GLAPIŃSKI IS REMOVED, HIS DEPUTY WOULD TAKE OVER - SZPYRKA CONTINUES: “On the other hand, PO politicians do not want to reveal when further actions can be expected. They argue that for now, the absolute priority is the formation of a new government, and a potential motion for a State Tribunal for Glapiński is a song of the near future. Meanwhile, the new majority would also have to deal with another potential problem. In the event of Glapiński's suspension, his duties would be taken over by the first deputy president, Marta Kightley, who has so far stood firmly behind the chairman and represents the same line of thinking.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-cel-obrany-trwa-szukanie-srodkow-glapinski-na-muszce-platfor,nId,7197479 -- CONSERVATISM CAN HAVE ITS OWN AGENDA OF TOPICS, ITS OWN CREATIVE IDEAS, NOT JUST FIGHT, PROTEST, AND ENGAGE IN CONSTANT OUTRAGE - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Criticism of this direction of right-wing ideology development does not mean a desire to capitulate to modernity or the left. It stems from the belief that conservatism can have its own agenda of topics, its own creative ideas, and not just fight, protest, engage in constant outrage, and harden its identity in a besieged fortress. Besides, the slogan 'asymptomatic conservatism' is a bit like 'symmetrism.' It was coined to stigmatize, but in reality, it accurately captures the essence of the main intellectual dispute we are facing today.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39535411-michal-szuldrzynski-konserwatysta-wiecznie-oburzony -- PROF. JACEK KURCZEWSKI, DEPUTY MARSHAL OF THE FIRST TERM SEJM FROM KLD, RECALLS AN AMUSING FACT: THE BEHAVIOR OF THE RAZEM PARTY, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY OBSERVING – WILLING TO SUPPORT DONALD TUSK'S FUTURE GOVERNMENT BUT NOT JOIN IT – IS ANALOGOUS TO THE BEHAVIOR OF KLD IN 1991 - IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ELIZA OLCZYK IN RZ: “But returning to the beginning of the term, the formation of a coalition supporting the Jan Olszewski government also had its specifics. KLD did not join the government but voted for granting it a vote of confidence. Therefore, the behavior of the Razem party, which we are currently observing – willing to support Donald Tusk's future government but not join it – is analogous to the behavior of KLD in 1991.” -- WELL, THIS IS A COALITION OF MANY PARTIES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE COALITIONS FORMING GOVERNMENTS IN THE SEJM AND THIS TERM - KURCZEWSKI CONTINUES IN RZ. -- THE WAR DECLARED BY PIS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS IS HARMFUL ALSO BECAUSE IT DESTROYS THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING TO A MODE OF NATIONAL UNITY - PROF. KURCZEWSKI ADDS TO OLCZYK: “A parliament in a state of threat should be truly capable of uniting. The war declared by PiS on its political opponents is harmful also because it destroys the possibility of transitioning to a mode of national unity.” -- PERHAPS A SENSE OF HUMOR IS PRECISELY THE MINIMUM NEEDED FOR THE REBIRTH OF PARLIAMENTARY CULTURE IN POLAND, AND IN THIS REGARD, THE CURRENT MARSHAL OF THE SEJM SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK - JACK KURCZEWSKI TELLS ELIZA OLCZYK FURTHER: “Poland needs not so much a 'democratic package' based on the desire to consolidate the division into two mutually exclusive political visions, but a simple democratic compromise that takes into account representative parity for the real diversity of views and interests in society. However, this requires a shift from the so-called political theology based on opposing one's enemies to an ethic of fair play in parliamentary relations, consistent with the model in a democratic system that the outstanding Polish ethicist Maria Ossowska promoted even during the occupation. As she wrote, the struggle – including parliamentary struggle – should be conducted with respect for the opponent and with avoidance of any harm not necessary for victory, without boasting about victory and with the ability to accept defeat with dignity. Ossowska's list also includes a sense of humor, which Aristotle used to define human beings. This is a trait that often defuses tension. Perhaps a sense of humor is precisely the minimum that is needed for the rebirth of parliamentary culture in Poland, and in this regard, the current Marshal of the Sejm seems to be on the right track.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39535541-kurczewski-czlowiek-walczacy-ostro-politycznie-nie-nadaje-sie-na-marszalka-sejmu -- THE UNBELIEVABLE EXCESS OF ENERGY, GUARANTEED BY DECADES OF OIL EXPLOITATION, MADE THE VISION OF UNIVERSAL CONSUMPTION THE MOST COMMON PHANTASM OF THE LATE 20TH CENTURY, IT IS COLLAPSING DUE TO THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DISCARDING THE LAST CARRIER OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS, CARBON DIOXIDE - ANDRZEJ LEDER IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA (fragment of a new book): “The unbelievable excess of energy, guaranteed by decades of oil exploitation, made the vision of universal consumption the most common phantasm of the late 20th century. The possibility of distributing this excess in inexhaustible resources of things and forms, significant replacements for faces, became a promise that guided the desires of hundreds of millions, and then billions of people. Paradoxically, this phantasm is collapsing not due to a lack of energy, a lack of resources, but due to a limit in distribution, the impossibility of discarding the last carrier of energy transformations, carbon dioxide, from the system. It surrounds the Earth with a mantle, isolates it from infinite possibilities of distribution, and accumulates the incoming excess, the energy. Bataille's prophecy is being fulfilled: 'it cannot be used and – like an untamable animal – it will destroy us.' -- ON THE PATH TO REAL POLITICAL CHANGE TODAY STANDS THE LACK OF A PLANETARY SUBJECT THAT COULD STAND AGAINST THIS FORM OF GLOBAL SYSTEM OF EXCESS DISTRIBUTION, WHICH WE KNOW AND WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS HYPERCAPITALISM - LEDER CONTINUES IN KRYTYKA: “On the path to real political change today stands the lack of a planetary subject that could stand against this form of global system of excess distribution, which we know and which is described as hypercapitalism. A subject that could seek and find significant terms that could represent it. Such as the term 'proletariat' was for workers in the 19th century, and 'citizen' was for townspeople in the 18th century. The lack of such a significant term, which could be common for residents of Somalia, Nigeria, French 'yellow vests,' and the Warsaw precarious workforce (not to mention millions of Chinese workers), prevents the emergence of a global political subject capable of questioning the hegemonic desire, the desire for production and consumption, and its distribution within national imaginaries.” -- THERE AND THEN, WHERE REVOLUTIONARY SITUATION DOES NOT FIND POLITICAL ARTICULATION, WAR COMES - LEDER'S CONCLUSION: “The last, so far, active embodiment of the concept of 'humanity' was the idea of revolutionary internationalism developed in the 20th century – discredited when its followers came to power in Russia. Internationalism has not come back into vogue. Like at the end of the 19th century in Europe, today in the world, politics is governed by bureaucratic empires, confined within continental ecumenes. There and then, where a revolutionary situation does not find political articulation, war comes.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kultura/czytaj-dalej/leder-wojna-ekonomia-to-stan-umyslu/ -- NASK POLSKANATLE SERVICE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE EU AVERAGE. 61% OF POLES ACTIVELY USE SOCIAL MEDIA. The least active are the French and Germans: https://300polityka.pl/biznes/2023/12/03/serwis-nask-polskanatle-lekko-ponad-unijna-srednia-61-polakow-korzysta-czynnie-z-social-mediow/ -- EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO, FRONTSTORY.PL – THE REPORTERS FOUNDATION PORTAL – WAS LAUNCHED. -- RUSSIAN MILLIONAIRES AND A POLISH OPPORTUNITY HUNTER - THE LATEST FRONTSTORY INVESTIGATION: https://frontstory.pl/cyprus-confidential-smorszczewski-rosja-cypr-slowenia-fridman/ -- 33 YEARS AGO, in the second round of presidential elections, Lech Wałęsa defeated Stanisław Tymiński. He was elected with 74.25% of the vote in the second round, with a turnout of 53.39% of eligible voters. -- 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF BELSAT. -- BIRTHDAYS: Stefan Jaworski, Tomasz Sianecki, Anna Zaleska. SUNDAY: Aleksander Smolar (83).