The results of the 15 October elections were a disappointment to both the losing power of the Law and Justice as counting on the Confederacy's “turnover” table. This universal profession combined with the triumphalism of the liberal-left camp led many politicians and commentators to proclaim the necessity of turning towards the center without which the right would be doomed to extinction. In practice, however, behind this kind of well-sounding slogans and the postulate of “modernisation” may be the postulate of silent devotion to the left to cultural hegemony.
Starting point – fight for the identity of the Polish right
When the Confederation was established in December 2018., its intent was clear – gather under one environmental banner to contractual law from the ruling PiSu. Corvinists and Conservative Liberals, Nationals, Gregory Braun, Pro-lifters – for all elements of the fresh coalition was obvious, They're the real right.. Of course., They were very different. In definition This concepts – For Corvinists, it's liberalism. Economic was The fundamental determinant of right-wing. Confederates different They were putting out accents., However, as they agreed to attack Jarosław Kaczyński's organization for besides soft policies towards the European Union, the USA or Israel, deficiency of improved protection of unborn life, opening Poland to abroad economical immigration (First mainly Ukrainian and then besides non-European, including Muslim).
PiS initially had to the Confederation ratio scorning Many counted, that a conglomerate of environments operating from years Outside parliament, it'll just fall apart. or will not exceed the 5% threshold. When Confederates entered the Sejm autumn 2019., no There were no comments promising its distribution as a pattern powerful initially the club Kukis ’15 in the erstwhile term. Around the then organization governing There was no deficiency of conviction, that for Members “the perfect right will be an attractive transition au PiSu in exchange for a fruct – especially since most of Kaczyński's organization was tiny again, So she could refugees A lot to offer.
W However, the practice of no Confederate associate to decision to PiSu was tempted. Forces of national-freedom alliance in Sejm were smallbut constantly He attacked the ruling formation. It seemed therefore, that after years of PiSu hegemony and The first word of office focused on social policy creates a space au competition about patriotic, Conservative or Catholic voters. You could count, that PiS and the Confederation will try show up, That's what they are. “The actual rightIt’s okay. ” W This may have led to the necessity of believing in PiSu and a greater shift in sharpness., places of national-Catholic rhetoric of the Kaczyński organization for real actions government.
Who isMore progressive?
After 4 years We are However, In completely other place. W past months multiple reference feeling, that PiS and the Confederate yes, rivalbut o the position of a more centred party. After Government website (then) most likely the furthest in this direction followed Waldemar Buda. Minister for improvement and Technology He attacked the Confederate word In a word repeating an anti-Christian communicative The left - said I. in. o “absolute blindness in the worldview approach and social’ formation Bosaka and Mentzen and “radical, dramatic things, which The head can't fit.? He didn't hesitate. au also usage the phrase “fell women” respective times? On specified sharp attacks Budy deserved the protection of the life conceived as a consequence of rape and the thought of creating a Catholic matrimony for those willing to join together and civilian included in “100 laws Mentzena“ This one. The minister himself did not usage akin hard and emotionally motivated rhetoric erstwhile it came to the agenda of the far left even mutilation of children in the name of ideology trans or settlement thousands of Muslims in Poland.
After Confederate side as the chief advocate of the course towards the center grew Przemysław Wipler. Member 7th word of office irritated the base supporters The formation stated mIn., I regret the vote against entry Poland au EU in 2003 and awarded “Gazeta Electoral” a long interview in which he argued, that the majority of Confederate voters support abortion on wish and euthanasia. After the election, the new-old MP Wipler de facto besides supported the introduction of partnerships. However, besides before Wipler's return to direct politics among New Hope politicians could find Liberals and Conservatives abortion supporters on request, gay matrimony or declaring, That their only nationality is the Silesian one. any of it was pushed off under pressure., But any were listed in the parliamentary elections. W campaign many activists including au President Sławomir himself Mentzen It besides said The request to fight “gay tax, calling inheritance taxation and donations “homophobic” In addition to the programming plane, therefore, language is crucial for changing public awareness. The cultural hegemony of the left in the Western planet is mostly based on defining concepts, then adopted by most actors of public life as nonsubjective criteria to separate “radicals” from full debate participants.
Symbols have meaning in defining public space. After government soft course symbol (then) was noisy fresh Year's in TVP. At the organization starting year 2023 syndrome Black Eyed Peas appeared in rainbow bands symbolizing LGBT movement. Leader groups shouted from the stage: “We love You.LGBT! We love You people of Africa! We love you, refugees!“ TV authorities have declared, that all components the performance was pre-set with them. Prime Minister Morawiecki later declared, That objection to the armbands would be “Limiting artistic freedom? Vice president PiSu Joachim Brudziński stated in turn, that “Law and Justice is a organization Freedom; PiS politicians don't care who has the preferences. We are a party... full tolerance, We respect all man. Never mind. for us his views, religion, sexual orientation. What's it to me?, Who loves whom and how does he love? After losing the election, part PiSu politicians abruptly discovered a large enthusiasm for in vitro. In favour of the refund of the program despite the freezing of embryos, Prime Minister Morawiecki voted, the bill was signed by president Duda.
Some have again decided to separate themselves from the Confederacy. W December at Radio Studio Zet Karol Karski joined the liberal-left choir condemning Krzysztof Bosaka for “homophobia“ Gregory Braun. “How dare you tell Mr. Smiley, that Everyone has their own language.?“ – stated Euro MP PiS. Again – this is not about expressing differences of opinion, But of moral condemnation. The criterion for the assessment of proceedings is no longer objective., replaced au act of subjectively hurt feelings sitting next to a homosexual. How in the lens you can see silence and stigmatizing mechanisms Conservatives, Christians and patriots, used from decades in the Western world. Emotions are intended to replace rational analysis. Like before opponents of immigration multiple photos of “poor small Mohamed, who would like a better life in Europe. After what follows the question – “like you dare speak Mohamed In the eyes that he has no right to come here? Or take your beloved household with you, for which he misses’? Therefore, right-wingers themselves place themselves in the position of defendants explaining themselves before arbitrators distributing prestige.
Totem of the TK judgement
Why the change? The events of 2020 have undoubtedly played a immense function here. Andrzej Duda obtained re-election largely on the slogans of cultural war and defence traditional household before “ideology LGBT” better it would be the word “agend”). Between First and second circular of elections by the president in the course of the trial about voters Krzysztof Bosak submitted Parliament's draft amendment au a constitution prohibiting the adoption of children by homosexual couples. Early October 2020. Minister of Education and discipline was known for his pro-family declarations Przemysław Czarnek. Former Lublin voivode symbolically replaced Jarosław Gowin, who had previously declared readiness to “lay down a Rejtan in defence of sex studies at colleges“. Finally, after years of force from conservative PiSu politicians, Church, Confederation and Non-governmental groups non-compliance of eugenic abortion with the basic law.
Later However, there was a celebrated women's strike that paralyzed most of the parliament on rest term. No. No. introduced even following the Court’s judgement additional benefits for mothers disabled children – a allowed the apparent charge of worrying about unborn life more than already born. President Duda's task He was lying in the freezer 3 years and 3 months and practically no 1 claimed it. Transparency was not limited or even introduced Media financing and NGOs millions au foreign (including from the budgets of abroad countries), moving in the lion's majority towards changing public awareness towards liberal-left. W The left-wing practice only imposed its own language at leading universities. Even rejected Yes Of course it would seem au solutions like prohibition cutting down children's genitals or filling them with hormones irreparably disrupting their improvement – everything was besides controversial. You can was to represent Donald Tusk as German agent and heat to red “Antitheutonic” emotions, But it didn't. au introduce transparency of financing of political organisations in Poland with German budget.
Protests after the judgement of the Constitutional Tribunal became a totem of the left, her myth The founder- and at the same time the large right-wing complex. The communicative was rewritten here.. Good. I give it back. post-election Vice-Chief entry OKO.Press by Michał Danielewski ‘By Understand stupidity PiS with an abortion judgement and whole The idiocy of their revolution, Just realize, that they were taking power in the country against the background EU ultra conservative: with large influences Church, with abortion ban, with Pope Hegemon from beyond the grave. Why would they do that? Bury?“ The fact was completely different.. Poland was secularized before October 2020 r., the cultural war has been going on for respective years, before the verdict a loud text was published about “the end of the Catholic imaginarium“ John Paul II was the object of mocking and protesting youth even during erstwhile regulation of Donald Tusk, also films and books showing pedophile scandals in the Church have been appearing for a long time. Finally – PiS did not carry out no “Catholic Revolution”“ Judgment It was expected to be Small correction, single gesture, made for conservative and Catholic environments to receive after more than 5 years Government anything at legislative level.
Reject false dichotomy of smurism and centrism
Of course., Great art is parallel political action and acquisition for them social acceptance. Too far-reaching changes Legislative can be long-term counterproductive. However, the right-wing responded mostly to the left-wing communicative after Fall 2020 r. just hiding your head in the sand. It would be unfair to blame it only on the Law and Justice. In the end, almost half of the party's members signed the verdict and without that decision No way. o Increase the protection of unborn life. After It's just that 22 October 2020 number of politicians, journalists and ready commentators publicly defend the request to ban the killing of children sick and disabled has decreased significantly. No. No. was no cultural or political counteroffensive. No. No. You can't lose., If you don't go out on the field. Now the pro-life agenda is the perfect scapegoat of defeat PiSu. The left has its own self-complementary au Prophecy. The more he talks about the inevitability of cultural change, social and national, not encountering active and constructive resistance, the more persons considers these changes to be already established. And yet, That even in the Sejm the next word does not seem to be a majority for legalisation abortion on request.
Great To the left is to identify clear views In issues civilizational with radicalism form of transmission and average crazy, late called “shurism’ W reality are This three different phenomena, which may on-site. You can be a very strong supporter of support Order social on patriotism, national interest, a unchangeable household and Christian morality, and at the same time not have Nothing. common with relativisation of pedophilia, Defence of Russia's activities in Ukraine, adhering propaganda rejecting people o any view or passionate conspiracy theories on the agential links between political opponents without presentation evidence.
Error a large part of the right hand is being “anti-left” negation of everything, a comes from the another side, alternatively of promoting your own affirmative program. “Your radicals” are Sometimes needed au moving the limits of discourse, But They shouldn't be faces whole camp, if This 1 has aspirations for permanent government. You should also be careful of fixations on a yes, politically incorrectbut third-class in terms of the real challenges of civilization. Jean-Marie Le Pen had real the chances of participating in power in France in the late 1980s and 1990s., But he decided to engage in disputes about the number of Holocaust victims, gas chambers in Oświęcim and influences of judaic environments. The leader of the National Front was surrounded by a sanitary cordon, a for the next 2 decades, the support of his formation stood still.
Right, which recognizes left-wing cultural hegemony, stating that Legislative amendments and social can only go in 1 direction, loses the right of being. English author and publicist Peter Hitchens perfectly summarized this attitude in Cameron Delusion:
‘If the Conservative organization were your fridge, whole Your food would be ruined.. If she were your car or your bike, You'd be abandoned on the side of the road. If she were your accountant, You'd be broke.. If she were your lawyer, You'd be in prison.. If there were any good consumer, service or profession yes continuous And in specified a predictable way, it failed in its expected main purpose, People would turn distant from him.. It would have been overtaken., replaced and swept au market by a better competitor. A vast mystery Great Britain, especially England, is that Conservative organization still has millions of loyal customers, and not all of them are at the end of their days. They refuse to leave. its, regardless of how many times he will neglect or even spit on them from a large height. It seems eventhat when does what he can to show his contempt for them [his constituents] and theirs opinions, Their loyalty [to the Party] seems only to increase“
Despite Hitchens' warnings, The Conservatives are back. au power, and declaring to be a “progressive conservative” Cameron became Prime Minister. When after six years of office, As his historical achievement, he recognized the introduction of marriages gay with the anticipation of adopting children. The British left even yet from the European Union, but their own government au holding the power of the 4th word in a row The Conservative organization in the lead continues these alone Actions, which in the 2016 run r. ed EU. At least hundreds of thousands of immigrants are inactive under way all year, mainly non Europe. Universities and schools form successive generations in a spirit of hostility towards the achievements of European civilization and historical England. Freedom Words frequently lose to “fight hatred speech“ Poland Still Very far to such a situation. Among our politicians, activists, intellectuals and commentators are not short of people who realize the danger of repeating the way of many related environments Western. It is akin erstwhile it comes to the processes of social, cultural change and demographic, Come on. Definitely. no ignore them. O Composition government the final result of the 3rd Roads from her promise to escape from polarisation and “Polish-Polish WarsIt’s okay. ” W coming years need We're careful. And a skillful role-sharing, But besides a real account of conscience towards many mistakes and negligence alternatively of pretending that the consequence of October 15 is solely liable bad dark forces, which temporarily possessed the minds of Poles.
The article was originally published in the quarterly “Think Sovereign. Review of Public Affairs’ No 1(11)/2023.
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