How and with the promise of which programs could voters without a clear party preference be reached, with which persons and which programs could they identify with? Once the script is ready, the roles are formed, the casting can begin!
Here, for example, is the case of the German Greens, the world's oldest and most successful green party. The story of the rear-guard fighters of the subversive generation of '68, the big-bearded, anti-imperialist, provocative young men and frolicking girls, began as the European collapse of the hippie movement. They are the ones who wanted to save the world, give women equal rights and protect nature from nuclear reactors, lying in the grass, sometimes tied to trees and rails, in their stretched out sweaters they had knitted. They found many followers among the golden youth of the time, and to the great astonishment of the German citizens, they even entered the Bundestag. At the time of German unification, they then united themselves with the Green Party, so they didn't have to wait long to get into the government.
This was at the time when green party formations also appeared in Hungary in the post-system change diversity, but they somehow failed to gain popularity. We had real social, economic and environmental problems, for which this pseudo-movement was not a solution. I remember a classified ad from the 90s in which the Hungarian Greens were looking for a parliamentary candidate. I don't remember whether these were the funny green apples or the custodians of the world-changing subculture in Hungary.
The German Greens built well, they managed to reach more and more social groups. They enjoyed the support of the '68s thanks to iconic figures such as Joschka Fischer or Cohn-Bendit . Trittin came to the party from the Maoist communists, bringing with him university youth committed to the left. With Cem Özdemir, the Greens reached out for voters with a migration background. Özdemir became the first Turkish representative of the Bundestag back in 1994, and later he was also entrusted with the party presidency for ten years, the faithful votes were needed.
In the current German government, the social pedagogue Özdemir was given the Ministry of Agriculture, which is important from two green perspectives. The large-scale cultivation of cannabis can begin, and with it the long-awaited drug liberalization, on the other hand, the vegetarian minister can limit the consumption of meat, i.e. he can destroy the German livestock farmers responsible for the harmful emissions of cattle in one fell swoop. According to the green program, it will be possible to install new concreted windmills and solar collectors on the freed pasture lands.
It was also exciting when they wanted to deceive Christian believers and convert them into green believers. This party included a theologian from Thuringia, Katrin Göring-Eckhardt , who was elected president of the Synod of the German Lutheran Church (EKD). Outwardly, the theologian looked more like a Christian Democrat, her style was restrained, she gave a completely different shade to the wild green. In the 2013 federal elections, he became the top candidate of the party, and won a lot of votes from the CDU.
In their casting, the Greens have always had a keen sense of the challenges of the times. A new green generation led by Friday for Future emerged during the hysterical climate protection. By 2021, the supporters of the movement had become voters, and they had to be addressed with a worthy program and a person like them.
Fridays for the future - dark green student demonstrations with weekly repetitions (Image IASS)
This is how the party chose Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock , who in her reality is the embodiment of generations y and z, i.e. those under forty who were born into prosperity without expectations. They are the ones who received all the financial and moral support from home for doing nothing, for an unstructured lifestyle that is not tied to real achievements. They are the ones who are not aware of their abilities, whose self-confidence without self-control is further strengthened by the virtual world.
Perhaps we still remember the self-absorbed activist Greta Thunberg , who at the age of 16 thought that her commitment to the environment and her publicly disclosed Asperger's disease entitled her to start a world-shattering movement to save the Earth. Prime ministers, scientists and even Pope Francis himself welcomed the nine-grade girl, patiently listening to her angry outbursts at world congresses, parliaments, and even at the UN.
No one told her, no one dared to tell her to go home safely, little girl! His every move was broadcast, he was promoted at election campaign events, and he used him to gather unsuspecting supporters of pseudo-climate protection. It is now clear that Thunberg was the invention of the European Greens, with whom they mobilized for the 2019 European Parliament elections and were able to perform well above the forecasts.
Then, in 2019, new co-presidents were elected by the German Greens, instead of the Muslim Özdemir, the inexperienced, pampered Baerbock and the slightly more experienced, philologist-aesthete Habeck . One of Baerbock's 2019 interviews eloquently testifies to how much the party understands climate protection. He didn't stumble, because he repeated the answer twice, that they will finally solve the "goblin" problems of the electric car, because the Greens will produce electric cars that can get by without the "goblin". (The German goblin is definitely an ugly beast, but electric cars need more cobalt, not "green goblin" ed.)
Until then, there is no problem anyway, as long as the current comes from the outlet and the network itself is the energy storage. One could recount dozens of such speeches, we constantly see that the Greens do not understand the technologies they want to ban. Their followers don't mind because they don't understand either. They could have imagined Baerbock as chancellor at the head of Europe's leading power, since they voted for him. After all, he is like them, their generation, he represents them.
The little fake Annalena, who lied to herself about a very nice expert background (image: YouTube)
According to the paperwork, Baerbock is a mother of two who is proficient in political science, international law, took part in doctoral training, and also gained political experience. Then it turned out that not even half of this is true, and if we delve into the self-myth, we get a completely different picture. Annalena got involved in a lot of things, but she didn't finish anything, her most valuable achievement is perhaps the three bronze medals she won at the Trampoline Championship, and if the social control - naturally labeled as far-right - didn't find its way into her resume full of slipped information, she could even sit in the chancellor's chair now. Thus, he only got the portfolio of the foreign minister, which according to the Germans is not so important, since diplomacy is managed by the chancellery.
Of course, in order to deceive the voters, CVs are also beautified in Germany. Baerbock's story reminded me of our sociologist mayor, with his hyperpassive language skills, his never-completed doctorate, and the left-liberal tailwind that sways him in the world of politics. Karácsony was a good choice in the mayoral casting in 2019, because the type of stumbling, energized intellectual he represents is popular in big cities. He also had his uncertain, shy smile, which takes female voters off their feet, from teenagers to grandmothers, those who vote on an emotional basis.
For lack of a better name, he was also nominated as prime minister candidate, because there is not much choice on that side. Then it turned out that the immersion is shallow, the votes of the envious and the haters would also be needed, and that would require a person who can whip up evil spirits. This is how the non-party mayor of a small town, Péter Márki-Zay, came into the picture, who without inhibitions represents the common wish of the opposition People's Front, "the disruption of the Orbán regime".
New political thinking, they don't increase support by appealing to individual social groups, but force the unelectable on their voters through party alliances. Of course, the hate community may be a good cohesive material, sufficient for both goals and programs, then come what must come, the flood after them!
Author: Irén Rab
(Cover photo: Gyula Péter Horváth/PestiSrácok )
