Vance’s speech at the Munich Safety Conference was “one big trick”, successfully used for years by populists and authoritarian authorities, “writes Detlef Esslinger on Sunday, in a commentary published in the online edition of” Suedeutsche Zeitung “.
This grip can be observed in Germany when the right-wing AfD accuses other parties of “hatred and hunt” or in the USA, when the methodical liar Donald Trump calls the serious media “fake news media”, or in Russia when Vladimir Putin calls the government in Kiev neo -Nazi regime.
Tried populist grip
“The principle is: accuse others of what you do yourself. It will beat them from the trail. Thanks to this you will go to the offensive and push your opponents to defend. It will provide you with control over the concepts. The debate is not won by the one who is right, but this one, Who defines the concepts, “explains the commentator.
Referring to Vance’s allegation that politicians in Europe do not listen to the nation, Esslinger emphasized that it is difficult to find someone who more than Donald Trump despises the principle that politicians should listen to the voice of the nation. On January 6, 2021, Trump caused a rebellion because he did not accept that Joe Biden was to be the president. Five people were killed then.
On the day on which Vance accused Europeans of censoring journalists, his The government ruled the AP agency in Washington From the presence of Oval Office and from the presidential aircraft, because journalists of this agency still write about the Mexican bay, not about the American bay.
The Trump’s government treats absolutely different thinking
As the commentator “Sz” writes, no other American government treated people who think so ruthlessly differently than Trump and Vance. Their method is to release people against the alleged “enemies of the nation”. Trump and Vance prove every day that they do not want to be an impartial guarantee of freedom of speech.
“The right wants the freedom to offend his enemies while complete protection of himself” – quotes “SZ” German journalist Jagoda Marinic.
The question arises, why Vance gave a speech in which he underestimated the threat from Russia and China, and at the same time exaggerated a threat to freedom of speech? The author emphasized that the US Vice President studied political, law and philosophy in Yale. He had to be aware of the fact that he “tells stupid things” – believes Esslinger.
Hidden threat – do not spoil the Musk business
Looking for answers, he belongs to pay attention to two fragments speeches. In the first Vance he said that the Americans “do not know what they were defending,” and in the second he pointed to EU commissioners who threaten to exclude digital networks that disseminate hatred. “For years, we have been told that everything we finance is happening on behalf of our common democratic values. However, if you run away from your own voters, America can do nothing for you,” said Vance.
According to the commentator, these words should be understood as a threat. Either our people like Musk will be able to conduct their interests in Europe or the end of NATO. “The essence of ambiguity is that they are unambiguous,” concludes Esslinger in the pages of “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”.
Source: Gazeta
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