We see, we see

Since discovering the magic of Facebook livestreaming, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has a new favorite word: you see. On Saturday, for example, we saw “how quickly and organized vaccination is being carried out,” which is a change. Most of the time, we see how high-quality construction is being carried out in Bulgaria, while repair work is being inspected not only by the Prime Minister, but also by the Minister of Health and the Chairman of the Operational Headquarters, who are riding in the jeep. Because what else are they supposed to do in such peaceful times when there are no health problems?

At first, Borisov's videos were sometimes even funny. Then they became banal, and now they seem to want to convince us that we live in some parallel reality, in which Bulgaria has organized vaccinations, quality construction, quality repairs, and government successes wherever you turn.

For example, Borisov said on December 29 that we can see how well the collapse on the road to the Rila Monastery is fortified. On January 9, the collapse did what collapses do best – it collapsed and closed the road, less than two weeks after we saw how well everything was. The repair, by the way, cost 6 million leva.

This is a whole creative technique. While in literature, for example, the principle of “show, don't tell” is accepted - to show what you want to say, without saying it directly - Borisov has decided to do exactly the opposite. To tell us exactly what we need to see, without it being there. Normally, the prime minister of a country, especially one that has been in power for 12 years, would not need to drive around in a jeep and a phone to take pictures and say “you see”. Because we would see it anyway. And we, by the way, really see it, but there are significant discrepancies between the description and the picture.

In Borisov's defense, he is not the only one with problems with reality. Following the example of its leader, the entire GERB party has decided to leave reality and live somewhere else. MP Spas Garnevski, for example, complained in a television interview on Saturday that he did not have enough time to list all the successes of the government and predicted a fifth term for Borisov. And no, no mistake – fifth.

A partial explanation for this mass departure from reality was given in January by Deputy Minister of Regional Development Nikolay Nankov, who said in an interview that "through the jeep, the world is seen differently."

And it wasn't that long ago that Tsetska Tsacheva stated quite clearly that "in the modern times we live in, reality is all around us." Fortunately, GERB has eventually found a way to deal with the surrounding reality and live in its own.

As for those of us who are not lucky enough to see what the world looks like through the jeep, we hardly have any other choice but to continue watching the performances of the most successful streamer in Bulgaria. And to Boyko Borisov's relief, we can say that yes, we do indeed see. Maybe not what he wants, but we still see.

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