Comment by Žikica Milošević
Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva elected as Brazilian president for the third time
Why is that good?
During Da Silva’s first term in office, the number of poor people in Brazil decreased by 27.7 percent. He took over 20 million people out of poverty. He was sentenced to a prison term fraudulently because the court case against him was rigged to prevent him from running for president in 2018, which is why Bolsonaro won. His successor, Dilma, was deposed in a coup d’état in parliament, and Michel Temer, a smug white, rich man, was appointed president. Tensions got so bad that Brazilian sports fans are now asking for the canarinhos (the yellow jerseys of the national football team) to be removed because Bolsonaro’s people wore them at their gatherings. After Bolsonaro’s departure, there is again hope for the Amazon, the planet, the indigenous people in the jungle, economic growth, and a decrease in crime. The Brazilians are exclaiming again – “O Pai volto!” or “Papa’s back!”
DPS loses elections in 11 out of 15 municipalities
Why is that good?
First of all, it is good that after 34 years, the longest-serving European president (he even beat Lukashenko to it, who has been in power ‘only’ for 28 years), Milo Djukanović, is finally removed from power, and so is his party – the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS). Changeability is good in every country. Furthermore, this is the man who wisely led the country to independence and prosperity and, after independence, at some point, began to engage in some kind of identity engineering and turn the once idyllic Montenegro into a battlefield of identity conflicts. It’s time for reconciliation in Montenegro, a census to see how many people and voters there actually are in the country, purging through the electoral lists and peaceful life. The presidential elections are scheduled for spring next year, and perhaps, once they are finished, the sweaty, nervous president whom Serbians once adored in the fight against Slobodan Milošević (1997-1999), will have to face the indictment in Bari.
Rishi Sunak is the new UK Prime Minister
Why is that good?
There is poetic justice in this ‘Indian Star’ rising over Britain. A man from a former colony now rules the metropolis – symbolically and in spite of racism. Secondly, he cannot be incompetent like the previous two Prime Ministers – Boris Johnson, who thought that Churchill was both a superpower and warmonger, pushing hard for Brexit with the worst consequences, and Liz Truss, epically incompetent in finance (the “Tin Lady,” as they mockingly called her), also ultra-belligerent. Sunak is primarily interested in stable finances and economic recovery, helping those “left behind” as much as his ideology allows, and is not inclined to war rhetoric, although he will support Ukraine. But he will not be ultra-opposed to negotiations and peace. We do not expect a revolution, but at least a slightly more normal prime minister who does not imagine that it is 1922 all over again.
Elon Musk takes over Twitter
Why is that good?
Elon Musk is an unpredictable character, so we cannot predict what will his next transformation be. However, Twitter has lost all credibility lately, with censorship on the one hand and turning into a vulgar spitting battleground on the other. In the last five or six years, the atmosphere on Twitter has become unbearable, with users constantly bickering. Musk has already launched a few interesting polls, including whether he should pardon those Twitter users who had been banned from Twitter (Trump…), should all the dissidents who are persecuted in the West (Snowden, Assange…) receive a judicial pardon, etc. Perhaps there will be more free speech, more decency, and less censorship, so this is certainly a step forward for the ruined network. P.S. Still, the anarchic freedom on Twitter is selective – Musk banned Kanye West from using it. P.P.S. We can also expect hidden Twitter data from recent years to be revealed, with the latest one concerning Hunter Biden. The information about Biden is very sensitive, so much so that Musk even said, “If I committed suicide, it’s not real.”