And in this election race, the topic of hemp was not heavily affected. The parties poured out their promises of all kinds of social benefits, such as more money (from taxpayers) for pensions, education, healthcare, defense, police, infrastructure, borders, world peace, the ozone hole, physical education, sports, etc. On the sidelines, however, stand tens of thousands of voters who are interested in who …
More »Pre-election exhortations: BSP outsmarted its main competitor
The following article aims to examine the programs of the two main parties in the next parliamentary elections - BSP and GERB. The basis for this is a debate organized by "Nova TV", as well as the programs published on their websites. The article focuses on their economic aspects and, even more so, their consequences for the fiscal system. The first …
More »Analysis of election promises about culture - more of the same?
What is the right-wing policy in culture? Are these ideas represented in politics and what do most parties actually say, commenting on this sector? Everyone is united that “culture should be a priority”, but this is a completely populist phrase. How will culture actually be important in Bulgaria, a priority – not for the parties, …
More »The economic promises of the parties – harmful even before they fail
Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, we are witnessing one of the strangest election campaigns in recent years. This is a campaign in which political parties are falling into heavy populism, promising us a flood of absurdities - economic growth of 6-7% per year, doubling pensions, huge increases in the average and minimum wage...
More »Media Fattening Month
In just a few days, the official election campaign will begin. Smiling and presentable party members will pour out promises of a bright future, solutions to every problem, a new child for every grandmother and… media vouchers. We decided to write a few lines about them, provoked by an incident on Facebook, which we became unwitting witnesses to. Yesterday (22.02) in …
More »What are the most dangerous economic promises that parties have made so far?
The most notable (and frightening!) part of the election campaign so far has been the unprecedented escalation of populist economic promises from parties that have already announced some of their economic programs. Almost all parties are pushing each other to propose "solidarity" economic policies, which would have very negative consequences for both the state budget and...
More »Electoral (and other) challenges facing the DEOS party
For almost a year, despite my avowed hatred of the phenomenon of a “political party” in its modern Bulgarian form, I have been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Movement for European Unification and Solidarity (DEOS) party. I accepted the invitation as a representative of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, not only because I was invited by our members and I wish to …
More »The Radev-Tsacheva debate should be studied in universities around the world
It is unlikely that there has ever been a debate in political history in which one candidate did everything right and the other did everything wrong. This happened in yesterday's debate between Rumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, during which the red general gave a lesson in politics. The Game of Expectations We humans do not perceive reality objectively, …
More »President Trump - expectations and lessons
See: Dimitar Karagegov's comment Georgi Vuldjev's comment Our media appearances on the topic Dimitar Karagegov - The collapse of the mainstream media is complete The thing that I will remember these elections with, purely as a machine and mechanism, is the total collapse of the traditional media. A candidate who was not supported by any …
More »The referendum as a catapult to power*
A marginal surcharge for fuel will not prevent the creation of a cartel, but will make it easier and more profitable in the long term. Referendums have clearly established themselves as a stepping stone for public figures to enter the political life of the country. Referendums do not come with the same negative associations as the founding of a party, they test and demonstrate the organizational …
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