Time for a vertical
People have let uprooted themselves. That’s one way to express the transformation of the Czech society in the 20th century. It has made its way into politics, too. An uprooted politician has been favoured for certain time. His options are broader than those of a rooted politician respecting values and ideals that our country has grown from. An uprooted politician can do anything not specifically forbidden. A rooted politician reckons that all sorts of things which are not forbidden clash with what is considered polite. He keeps avoiding these things making himself foolish in the eyes of a considerable part of the society. The fun is over once the times have clouded over. As it happened last year. Few hundreds of new immigrants in our territory were enough to make several politicians lose their balance. The rooted ones knew that a real tempest looks different. They did not panic. They didn’t try to set people at once against men and women in need who differ from us. They were looking for a rational, efficient but at the same time respectable solution. They acted as free and confident people. Deep-rooted people.
It’s possible that the last year’s blusters were nothing compared to what the future holds. In addition the South flow, we might expect an intensified cold wind from the East. If it were to blow stronger, it could bring about heavy rainfall. Maybe now, for the first time in the history of the independent Czech Republic, the time has come for the rooted politicians.
Politics that is deep-rooted provides the society with stability. It makes the trunk stronger. It makes it grow. It protects the society from the temptation of creating false gods out of things such as free market, free flow of foreign investment or free distribution to everybody according to their needs. It provides the antidote to being lemming-like lackeys. Rooted politics doesn’t threaten us with the danger of losing our identity if we were to build a common house with nations that are sharing the same values. On the contrary, it empowers us to such cooperation. Its advantages are more than obvious. Only a notorious destroyer could question the fact that under the common roof we feel safe. That we are able to better use our creativity. That we are more goal-oriented aiming at the long-term prosperity. Destroyers have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. They are infesting the society with more poisonous words than ever. They are testing how far beyond the edge they can go. Some of them are trying to pass as nationalists. We are no Nazis, they proclaim, but great patriots. Chesterton once wrote on the subject: “Patriotism is the last shelter of a bastard“.
Czech society lacks continuity. That’s why it’s been so difficult to face the destroyers and bastards. A change is needed in order not to succumb. First of all, a change in the governance. Nothing turbulent. For starters it would perhaps suffice if the increasingly bland uprooted politics was spiced up a little. And the IKDP would love to be in on that!