Today we are experiencing a rebirth of old delusions and follies. That is why it is worth reading what the Austrian writer and playwright Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) wrote in 1849: From humanity, to nationality, to bestiality. The sentence is in Grillparzer's Sense Poems and Epigrams. And we shall know clearly that humanity is more endangered today than it has been in decades. Why? Because it is threatened by the desire for political incivility and violence, the delight in vulgarity and insolence, the disregard for the respect that every human being deserves.
If you correctly understand President Trump's performance over the past week, he is in good spirits and full of action. On the other side of the coin, the Swiss horror of Crans-Montana shows how sick our entertainment society is. This is evidenced by the politically correct media in their commentary which reduces the challenges in Iran to stating that the People have nothing left to lose here and the unanswered question Why are more and more Iranians taking to the streets?
As a reminder, the demonstrations in Iran began on Sunday 28 December when traders in Tehran gathered in outrage at the sharp fall in the value of the Iranian riyal. As of today, the demonstrations are turning into a larger resistance with demands for political change, backed by the United States, Israel and, today, the burning alive of the prosecutor of North Khorasan province and several other members of the security forces (Iranwire, January 10). The prosecutor and his team were herded into a container and set on fire. By 9 January 2026, the unrest had spread to 31 provinces and more than 100 cities, including restive Kurdish areas in the west.
The malaise of society, the stupidity of European and national politicians and the failure of Western strategy are documented by the second bombing of Oresnik: the controlled escalation promised by Washington and Brussels is turning into an increasingly technological and dangerous conflict, while Europe acts as a vulnerable spectator. The use of the Oreshnik missile shows that Russia has no intention of backing down, and the unipolar world based on Western military superiority can be practically assessed as a thing of the past.
Winter in the Czech Basin
Nothing changes in the Czech basin except the weather. This is proved by the trip of the uneducated Minister Macinka to Kiev. He claims that Russia used Oreshnik for something Ukraine did not do. This is probably, bordering on certainty, true, but with the addition that Ukraine did not do it alone. Basically, it doesn't matter whether the US or the UK assisted, because the leadership of Ukraine still gave consent to the attack. The tragedy is that even tautology will not help Minister Macinka in his job as Foreign Minister. And if he were not obsessed with vanity, power and the idealization of knowledge, he would never have tried to get into the Czech Foreign Ministry, where he will be able to play chess internally, but outside he will be an obedient servant of non-Czech interests, because the role of the Czech Republic with conditional sovereignty or modern slavery has long been assigned by completely different forces, intellectuals and strongmen.
Tautology hasn't helped the president either. In his written reply concerning the refusal to appoint Mr Turk as minister, he clearly described what the test of the limits of power is. The President did not reject the candidate because he was professionally or legally problematic, but because he did not pass the regime's value filter. Therefore, it cannot back down, offering proof of how out of touch it is with the will of the voters. It cannot back down because to do so would be to accept the role of a subordinate. Not backing down is a necessity because it sets a precedent. It may make the civil rights of persons even more visible.
I am convinced that the strongest man in the Czech political system, and at the same time one of its weakest characters, is aware of this. Mr Turk was not stopped in his march to the ministerial seat, so he was stopped, at least temporarily, by the President. Apparently, his advisors told him that if the Turek story reaches the Constitutional Court (CC) (to which I would not personally appeal), that it will only hear and judge the Turek story.
Therefore, his decision will only be applicable in the future if it is the same story. But since you never step into the same river (water), it will confirm that Mr. President is playing his role well and Mr. Prime Minister is a coward and a weakling. As Prime Minister, he should wake up the Parliament of the country and begin the process of establishing a precise and exhaustive set of reasons for which the President can refuse an appointment. This is because it is not for the Constitutional Court to determine the reasons, but for the legislators, and they are in the House of Assembly.
The Americans stole Maduro from Venezuela. It is a nightmare for many on the left. Why? Because they think they've lost everything. The Americans have already captured several tankers, some of them Russian-flagged. It is another nightmare. Why is that? Because we still have lovers of so-called international law, which the United States has not ratified, we have creative people who are not afraid of obstacles, and the vast majority of us idealize our knowledge, not even knowing the mentality of our neighbors, the Russians, Germans and the like.
The European Union is putting together another package of sanctions against Russia, for which it will have to build a warehouse. Slowly and surely, the offices in Brussels are not keeping all the files, and the competition with the US Congress, which has drafted a bipartisan bill, requires comparison. The law gives the president unprecedented authority regarding sanctions against Russia, but it will not change Russia's actions.
The new government of the Czech Republic is quickly returning to its old ways. Few of us realise that President Trump is not the author of the destruction of the old system, but only an instrument.
His puppet-masters are not yet to be spoken or written about, only quietly thought about. Few in the Czech Republic realize that at present conditional sovereignty or conscious slavery is the best thing for the Czech state. Why the VK Institute does not write on this subject, I do not know. Also, why no one shouting on the subject of conflict of interest and the wealth of the Prime Minister realizes that his wealth is only bestowed on him to fulfill his assigned role and entertain the envious. And that the hour of truth is yet to come. In other words, and briefly? He who has no counsel is beyond help. He who wants to go where, let us help him there.
It's time to get used to everything
In general, you can get used to everything. And it's time to get used to it. Venezuela, the tankers, the sanctions, the special military operation in Ukraine, the Oreshnik bombing and more are all part of an anthropological war that is not even about direct hostility. Why? Because there are objective laws of nature. And also the fact that Venezuela was not owned by anyone and belonged to itself before it was invaded. So to talk about loss, outside of Venezuela, is nonsense.
Analogously, this is also true of the tankers, sanctions, bombing, and not least the tragedy at Crans-Montana. It is our fault, or complicity and idealization of knowledge. The imagination of many of the analysts and experts offered to the public on TV and radio is huge, but with a deficit in the ability to analyze what we do not see and hear. It is time to get used to the fact that our internal and external enemy is clever and cunning. He has a long memory and knows how to work fear and intimidation. So it's time to test our resilience, ingenuity and historical experienceSti.
We make a lot of mistakes. And that's why it's gonna be hard. People who are directly involved in production and value creation fully understand what they would be doing. What a government that does not create anything will do is another question. But I do know that with the old cadres, ambitious with the possibility of compromise and fear, it will be impossible to co-create a society capable of coexisting with dignity with the one that is emerging beyond the horizon of the Czech basin by means of personalities like Donald Trump, Stephen Miller (1985) or James David Vance (1984), installed in their executive positions by a higher management structure that ordinary people do not care about or perceive as conspiratorial, etc.
Unfortunately, the European Union, or rather the European Commission, cannot offer advice or realistic solutions to the current challenges because of its composition of old and deferred politicians, its bureaucratic apparatus and the time needed for decisions. The EC and the EU will not abolish itself, which would be the best solution for all. Therefore, Messrs Macinka and Turek will continue to try to lead the ministries and Mr AB will not try to give up his role. They are not the only ones living under the illusion of knowledge, confirming that money is a lot but not everything, and that the lack of qualified staff is linked to the decline in the standard of the education system. The latter has long been a non-competitive environment that should support the most skilled, the most talented and the boldest.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset (1972), holds an MSc (political science) and PhD (economics) from the University of Neuchâtel. The Swiss genius' key areas of focus at the EC include Democratic Security, with an emphasis on building democratic security through strong institutions, the rule of law and trust. Of course, Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights and their respect is a central part of his highly paid work. But this also allows him, as a genius, to deal with the issues of the conflict in Ukraine and the promotion of multilateralism in Europe.
Therefore, on the day of the post and after the bomb arrived, Oreshnik decided to tell the world that the organization was working to hold Russia accountable, and commented on the January 9 attack by Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory by claiming that Russia was showing disrespect for international law. According to the deluded Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the Council of Europe's main priority is to bring Russia to justice for its crimes and to pay compensation. Such is freedom of speech and opinion in the EU.
No need for emotional swings
The people who invented the so-called Russian shadow fleet have the ability to understand processes as a whole. Such people will decide when the time comes to break the chain of US oil tankers heading for Europe and they know, like President Trump & Co, how prepared we are for such a situation. Such people know that the struggle for sovereignty is a long and difficult affair, that it is not good or necessary to rejoice in days of small victories, and that on days of defeats, both apparent and conditional, there is no point in being angry. Getting angry or complaining doesn't help.
It is therefore more important to realise that European debt remains national debt and cannot be monetised in the form of bonds. That is why foreign investors can buy, say, 50 million worth of US bonds, but they cannot buy European bonds. Why? Because they simply do not exist. They would have to buy national bonds, and that is another matter.
Therefore, it is more important to realize, for example, that cryptocurrencies can only save us from an impending economic catastrophe for a while. Why? Because they are in fact war bonds. Simply put: They move the debt into the crypto cloud, devalue it - and start all over again. That's the reality for those who are so passionate about cryptocurrencies, Putin's adviser, Anton Kobiakov, said at an economic forum in Vladivostok this September. Why?
Because the current Trump administration is acting behind the scenes on the money issue, trying to rewrite the rules of the gold and cryptocurrency markets. All this notwithstanding the fact that the push for a global digital currency has been in the works for quite some time. As far back as the 1980s, the Rothschild-linked magazine The Economist featured a cover image of a phoenix - an occult bird rising from the ashes of doom, heralding a new era of renewal and rebirth - above a pile of burning dollars, with the headline: get ready for a global currency. The captioned image is a timely reference to future central bank digital currencies (CBDC), bitcoin, stablecoins and tokenized assets.
Because humans are unteachable and the masters of our fate are transparent with social sensibilities, in 2021, The Economist wrote about govcoins and urged: Get ready for Fedcoin and the electronic euro. It is already in the waiting room and will enable the next step to enslave the infidels. To make matters worse, in July President Trump signed the Genius Act into law. This is indeed a stroke of genius, but not in the sense of the Brussels-based Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The Genius Act includes federal regulations for stablecoins and allows companies to act as banks and issue their own tokenised assets backed 1:1 by the dollar and US Treasury bonds.
According to a White House fact sheet, the Genius Act will generate increased demand for U.S. Treasuries and cement the dollar's status as the global reserve currency by requiring stablecoin issuers to hedge their assets with Treasuries and U.S. dollars. In short and in other words, the bill creates a digital dollar. Everyone will have to enter the crypto cloud, and once the debt is converted to stablecoins, there will be devaluation and a chance for a new beginning without debt. The paper euro will try to copy this process.
As a reminder, stablecoins are privatized and allow third parties and banks to manage and issue digital tokens, which are then directly linked back to the Treasury Department, which has a direct link to the Fed, where a relative of President Trump will soon be ruling.
What kind of future can the young generation talk about
The question poses a challenge, and the answer requires us to realize at least the following: Can a generation be mobilized to fight for the future when it has been cut off from creating the next generation, including with the help of covid, addictive platforms, fear, and not knowing much about history? For any revolutionary cause, the current situation is not good. Why? Because unlike people in the Global South, our population lacks the motivation that comes from fighting for the family one has established. I know husbands who don't even have children; they only have their existing families, mostly in disintegration, and they think they have friends. I will not write about individuals.
It is possible that the rising generation of chaos, driven by the desire to resist, will organize for class struggle when they experience firsthand the benefits of their life-defining technologies and their administrators. Indeed, chaos may lead to the accelerated death of the current social system. Chaos can lead, as history demonstrates, to the defeat of the powerful. The chaos inherent in capitalism leads to new shifts in consciousness. Mao said of this phenomenon: We must take into account the consciousness of the people.
When the United States stopped bombing North Vietnam, the American soldiers in Vietnam were very happy and even cheered. This shows that their morale is not particularly high... The student strike is a new phenomenon in European history. Students in capitalist countries do not usually strike. But now there is great chaos everywhere. Student strikes are taking place mainly in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Japan.
Mao Zedong spoke of positive chaos: when the war machine of capitalism, the central instrument of its survival, created contradictions that a critical part of the population could not cope with. The great Russian psychologist (of development and activity) Alexei Leontiev (1903-1979) said in 1965: an excess of information leads to poverty of soul. I add that if everything is subordinated to money, then everything remains money, it does not become a masterpiece or a discovery. That is why I agree with the opinion of Sergei Kapici (1928-2012), son of a famous physicist, a pioneer of diving in the Soviet Union, whom I had the honor to meet and have met several times. In his time he made the first Soviet film about the underwater world. In recent years, he has been working on the issues of the information society, globalisation and demography.
Sergej Kapica left a suggestion: I have long proposed changing the criteria for admission to universities. There is no need for exams - let the applicant write a five-page essay explaining why he or she wants to enter a particular faculty. The ability to express one's ideas correctly, the essence of the problem shows the intellectual burden of a person, the level of his culture, the degree of development of consciousness. And I remind you that mathematics is what the Russians teach the Chinese in most American universities. In the era of artificial intelligence, in the understanding of the author of the paper, multidimensional approximation and the greatest theft in the history of mankind, it is necessary to realize why software costs 10-20 times more than hardware: because it is much harder to create a product of intellectual labor. It's the same with humanity.
On three kings, one step further
It has been more than 2,000 years since the great Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC) worked tirelessly to develop people through culture. In his birthplace in Shandong Province, which I had the opportunity to visit as part of my active participation in an international conference last October, ancient traditions are not mere words in textbooks, but live and tangible experiences.
Nearby in the village of Luyuan in Qufu, tourists have the opportunity to be not only spectators but actual participants in countless traditional experiences. They can try their hand at weaving intricate lujin or Lu brocade and watch thrilling acrobatic performances up close. These examples of intangible cultural heritage, once in danger of becoming a distant memory, are finding new vitality through integration with modern tourism.
It supports Shandong's efforts to creatively transform and innovatively develop quality traditional Chinese culture in the cradle of Qilu culture and home to the ancient philosophers Confucius and Mencius (372-289 BC). President Xi Jinping's support for the restoration of cultural heritage deserves mention at this point. During his visit to Qufu in 2013, President Xi emphasized that the revival of the Chinese nation must be supported by a thriving Chinese culture.
In 2014, speaking at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on the 2565th Anniversary of Confucius' Birth, Xi Jinping called for learning to transform and strengthen traditional culture in a creative way, integrating the old and the new, and letting both serve the contemporary mission of cultivating people. This principle was enshrined in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2017. In May 2024, during his next visit to Shandong, Xi Jinping urged the province to further explore the best of traditional Chinese culture, push forward its innovative transformation and development, and use platforms such as the International Confucius Cultural Festival to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations and enhance the attractiveness of Chinese culture.
Shandong heeded this call. The province hosted the 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations in July. The forum engaged 560 guests from more than 70 countries with the theme Beauty in Diversity: Cultivating Understanding Among Civilizations for Global Modernization. I tried to get a shorter and simpler meeting of European and Chinese specialists, interested people and observers of human rights developments in Europe and Asia for the Czech Republic after the organizers' inquiry. After assessing the situation, trends and personalities of the new government, the decision fell on another European country, before the latest events in the Czech basin, the EU and elsewhere in the world. On the three kings, one step further towards a new beginning, after the overthrow of the old order, are many I know. Unfortunately, they do not live in the Czech basin, where the new government will have other concerns than cultivating understanding between civilizations and a dignified life for its citizens. Consent is not needed.
Jan Campbell
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