JOSIP BROZ TITO
Only two things can happen to an ethnic group which was subjugated for centuries by foreign oppressors. It can either grow tough and resilient (think Basques or the Jewish) or it could become addicted to having a »master« watch over it. A dear leader. A demigod which can do no wrong. Sadly Slovenes fall into the second category.
30 years after our »dear leader« died people still worship this mass-murderer/tyrant/dictator like he was the second coming. »Everything was so much better when Tito was around« I hear people shout ignorantly. »We all had jobs, we all had cash, everybody was kind and generous, stress was nonexistent. I wish we had Tito back then everything would be absolutely fab, we'd all get laid twice daily, once in the morning and then right after dinner.«
Just for once take off your rose tinted glasses and remember the economic collapse of 1988 (what else would one expect with artificial full-employment and semi planned economy), the unjust taxes we paid to Belgrade, only a handful of (domestic-only) brands one could buy in small undersupplied town shops, paying for new (domestic-only) cars in advance, then waiting years to get them (often only to realize after recieving them, that they came preinstalled with many life-threatening deficiencies), being enforced with Serbo-croatian as the dominant language, the innate fear people had of the army and it's institutions of oppression. Sure we weren't really like North Korea or even like Soviet Union and it's satellites, but we were bloody well close in some instances (the army machine was no less ferocious and political opponents of the system would either end up dead or doing hard labour in prison camps).
All the »good« deeds people remember were hollow. Everybody had jobs? That's economically impossible to sustain in the long run . We were all equal? First of all... that's totally against natural order of alpha-male hierarchy where the capable individuals excel and lead the herd. Second of all... like hell we were equal. There always were and always will be people with vast privileges in any society. At least capitalism doesn't hide it behind the hypocrisy of promised equality. It's a baloon waiting to burst once. The working class was in charge of the economy? My ass. The communist party was in charge. And that was nothing but another manifestation of absolute power which was corrupted all the way to the top. Nepotism was the name of the game back then and for the most part, connections which emerged back then are still in effect even today. Third... hello? Smith's invisible hand pwns any idea of socialism/communism. It's been proven time and time again during history. Socialism is just an attempt at absolute power through means of diversion.
Sure Tito is a »layered« personality as some people like to put it. But all the so called »good« he did will never, ever excuse him of being a war profiteer, documented mass-murderer, tyrant and a person who was indirectly responsible for the slaughter that happened in the Balkans 25 years after his death. I'm sure he knew what would happen in this Slavic melting pot once his foreign-debt ladden fairy tale crumbled into pieces. It was an inevitable scenario. I have this personal theory that he started off as a devoted, deluded communist in the 20s but soon discovered he had a robust power to charm ignorant masses (like most charismatic dictators did/do) and he just took this cult-of-personality game as far as he could. Which was pretty damn far. And as we know... power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
So. People. Wake the fuck up and stop condoning (or heaven forbid even glorifying) this fucker. It pisses me off. Remember him as a 50 year long tragedy bestowed upon our nation. A tragedy which left us stagnant, forcefully drowned in Serbo-croatian culture, nationally raped and economically exhausted, with a 20-year old development deficit compared to western European countries. Every time you start wondering why an average Austrian earns 3000EUR a month while you live off 800EUR, remember him and go spit on his grave.
30 years after our »dear leader« died people still worship this mass-murderer/tyrant/dictator like he was the second coming. »Everything was so much better when Tito was around« I hear people shout ignorantly. »We all had jobs, we all had cash, everybody was kind and generous, stress was nonexistent. I wish we had Tito back then everything would be absolutely fab, we'd all get laid twice daily, once in the morning and then right after dinner.«
Just for once take off your rose tinted glasses and remember the economic collapse of 1988 (what else would one expect with artificial full-employment and semi planned economy), the unjust taxes we paid to Belgrade, only a handful of (domestic-only) brands one could buy in small undersupplied town shops, paying for new (domestic-only) cars in advance, then waiting years to get them (often only to realize after recieving them, that they came preinstalled with many life-threatening deficiencies), being enforced with Serbo-croatian as the dominant language, the innate fear people had of the army and it's institutions of oppression. Sure we weren't really like North Korea or even like Soviet Union and it's satellites, but we were bloody well close in some instances (the army machine was no less ferocious and political opponents of the system would either end up dead or doing hard labour in prison camps).
All the »good« deeds people remember were hollow. Everybody had jobs? That's economically impossible to sustain in the long run . We were all equal? First of all... that's totally against natural order of alpha-male hierarchy where the capable individuals excel and lead the herd. Second of all... like hell we were equal. There always were and always will be people with vast privileges in any society. At least capitalism doesn't hide it behind the hypocrisy of promised equality. It's a baloon waiting to burst once. The working class was in charge of the economy? My ass. The communist party was in charge. And that was nothing but another manifestation of absolute power which was corrupted all the way to the top. Nepotism was the name of the game back then and for the most part, connections which emerged back then are still in effect even today. Third... hello? Smith's invisible hand pwns any idea of socialism/communism. It's been proven time and time again during history. Socialism is just an attempt at absolute power through means of diversion.
Sure Tito is a »layered« personality as some people like to put it. But all the so called »good« he did will never, ever excuse him of being a war profiteer, documented mass-murderer, tyrant and a person who was indirectly responsible for the slaughter that happened in the Balkans 25 years after his death. I'm sure he knew what would happen in this Slavic melting pot once his foreign-debt ladden fairy tale crumbled into pieces. It was an inevitable scenario. I have this personal theory that he started off as a devoted, deluded communist in the 20s but soon discovered he had a robust power to charm ignorant masses (like most charismatic dictators did/do) and he just took this cult-of-personality game as far as he could. Which was pretty damn far. And as we know... power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
So. People. Wake the fuck up and stop condoning (or heaven forbid even glorifying) this fucker. It pisses me off. Remember him as a 50 year long tragedy bestowed upon our nation. A tragedy which left us stagnant, forcefully drowned in Serbo-croatian culture, nationally raped and economically exhausted, with a 20-year old development deficit compared to western European countries. Every time you start wondering why an average Austrian earns 3000EUR a month while you live off 800EUR, remember him and go spit on his grave.
