The French Revolution overthrew the aristocracy, the velvet, the Communist system of rule. Today, the digital masses against the last Bastion of inequality: the rise of the Power of the experts.
In a globalised world that is becoming more and more complex, it is becoming increasingly difficult to support the tyranny of Expertise. Look at the EU: Only a few citizens can view the subtle working of your machinery by, the Interplay of national and Political, lobbying, and relationships. From confusion and anger to the fantastic character of the EU is born-bureaucrats, always is busy, to measure the curves of salad-cucumbers. He is accountable to no one, complicates things, twisted the law, and juggles with concepts, in order to keep honest citizens for fools. The solution of the populists, the simplest is always to get Rid of these parasitic middle-men and -women. Salvini’s “Europe of common sense” seems to be such a promise to reduce the complexity of modern life everyday wisdom.
Of course democratically elected politicians are supposed to be normal people like us. After that, you should employ specialists to assist you. But the line between politics and Expertise seems to be blurry. Elites go to the same schools, speak the same language, have the same privileged life. 50 years ago, the national parliaments have been mixed socially much stronger. Today, 100 percent of the members typically have a prestigious University degree – just like the Top experts. And according to politicians and experts are considered part of the same haughty pile. On the other hand, a counterpart that combines the simple man and the populist politician emerges: both honest, warm-hearted, authentic.
Trust in social networks
The rise of the Amateurs started in the field of media, where the digital turn has allowed normal users to comment on Videos, rate, forward, and upload. The Web 2.0 technology opened the way for an interaction with the professional journalism. Unexpectedly, it developed a completely new way for users to produce content without having to higher instances would have to check or verify. The trust has moved from traditional media to social networks, where your “friend” next to the “Guardian” appearance.
What we were inspired by whistle-blowers, who managed to bypass the censorship in China or Egypt. It turned out that their destructive activity on the borders of dictatorships Holding. At once we found ourselves in a world in which the Hungarians believe Soros will send you migrants, Bulgarians, that “Gender” is a demon that will change the gender of their children, and the French burn cars in Protest against the alleged Plan of Macron, to sell the Alsace to the Germans.
The “revolt against the experts” (Steven Hawking) goes far beyond journalism. With the appropriate Apps armed Amateur investigators spectral analysis of the flames in the Twin Towers, in order to prove that the government had allegedly put before the explosives in the building. Others are studying African demography, or read excerpts from medical articles to demystify the allegedly harmful effects of vaccines. A popular recreational sport in the Balkans, the fight against professional historians, to the neglect allegedly deliberately concealed the facts is (in fact, they are always available online), to prove the glory of the Nation.
The Croatian writer Dubravka Ugrešić called the phenomenon “Karaoke culture”: A culture of tipsy guests singing out of tune, accompanied by Playback music, to have their 15-minute fame. But contemporary Karaoke is not as spontaneous as it seems. It is the populist politicians, who set the tone; their goal is the (digital) masses of it, the vile elites oppose. Intellectuals should not be sent to concentration camps, as did the Communists in their time; they are obsolete, an obstacle to the revolutionary common sense, which unites the leader and his followers.
Vulgar language, naive simplifications
“The people in this country have had enough of experts”, the famous dictum of the former British justice Minister and leading Brexiteers Michael Gove. Trump, Orban and Erdogan are on the attack, without exception, the trade press. You hate the annoying justice. Skip consultants, bodies, independent agencies or non-governmental organizations; through his compulsive Tweeting, the Erzpopulist Trump communicates directly with the soul of the Nation.
The Reverse of ideological positions that are criticized in the rule of experts, not creating emotional bonds with the normal citizens, as resistance in daily life, it is essential to. Someone remembered that the Northern League was a secession party, and that Bossi has said that the Italian flag had made him sick? That Le Pen wanted to get out of the Euro and the NATO? New populists attack by vulgar language, naive simplifications and rude Humor to the hearts of the people. What strikes me in Ibiza video, in which Strache ready shows, his country Achern to waste, it is the gross, negligent way he will do it. The Bulgarian right-wing politicians, Siderov commented on the choice of its competitors Djambaski by calling them a faggot. Siderovs audience appears to be enjoying the.
Instead of trying the new uprising of the masses, to counteract, the populists on its top, and reinforce the class resentment against the elites. The universal principles of Knowledge and justice, they are opposed to localism and autonomy. They know that their dubious activities will be much less controlled, as soon as the experts are on the loose. Yes, the citizens could still keep at Bay, but, unfortunately, these seem to be with your Karaoke-singing busy.