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Prologue The text offers a short blogosphere anatomy of a condition which I hope will turn out as a temporary failure. I intend to analyse values and provide rational guidelines for further action. I shall try to outline ethical individualism and pragmatism in the following description as well as my personal concern about the destiny of the society in which I live. And that is not an irrelevant thing to do! Two years ago, political microcosm called Croatia has become a part of political macrocosm called the EU or the Eurosphere as a political construction of second modernity in a globalized world. And that is not irrelevant as well! The Republic of Croatia became a full member state of the EU today, on 1 July AD 2013. From that day on, in terms of phenomenological sociology focused on the analysis of everyday life, there are only few things that indicate the fact that the Republic of Croatia forms part of the everyday political reality of the EU or the Eurosphere. Croatia acts as if it is not a member of the EU and experiences serious problems with semiotics and its own interpretation to which political space does it belong. It affiliates with the Region and lives in an undefined interspace between the EU (Eurosphere) and the Region as a newly constructed imaginary geography of depersonalized states. But let's take one thing at a time! New political reality and troubles with detecting it New political reality once again presupposes the need to interpret a new meaning of political microcosm (The Republic of Croatia) in the Eurosphere (the EU), theoretical approach to cultural identity and definition of foreign policy interest in correspondance with new political realities. Prior to that, we should be reminded of pros and cons regarding Croatia's accession to the EU, hard and soft euroscepticism in the society, consensus of right and left centre on this issue and the question of modernity and antimodernity. After the accession, the shock followed the issue of European arrest warrant in the case Perković, the conflict with the EU and investment stalemate with further deepening of the crisis. The situation created a disrupted balance in interpreting and practicing a cultural identity which is composed of Central European, Mediterranean and partially Balkan features. That can be observed in deflection and lack of emphasis in politics towards Central European and Mediterranean countries while giving importance and putting emphasis on politics towards the Region regardless of announcements made by the current Croatian president during her electoral campaign that ''This is Croatia and not some Region''. It seems that foreign policy led by Vesna Pusić and Croatian president Kolinda Grabar Kitarović cannot unstick from that. Doesn't it look like ladies from political elite, regardless of (simulated?) ideological differences, have to do the job of their mentors from the brave new world? Or, in other words, be happy to implement a ''conception from above''? A society which implements a conception from above is, by definition, a society without conception at all. A society without conception? The indisputable fact is that for the last twenty years Croatian society has been without conception in the Big World, it has shown signs of serf mentality and it has not defined its stance on the developmental philosophy of the European project Horizon 2020 which is based upon sustainable development, knowledge, education and inclusive development. Consequences that follow a society without conception are rather pessimistic and dystopian instead of being optimistic. It is a society that resembles a group of collectors of empty bottles in which there are more collectors than bottles to be found. We are not talking about a minor and insignificant sociological fact but rather an alarming one! We are talking about a poor society, a wretched and almost declassed middle class, mighty oligarchy or profiteers from war and economic transition being regarded as new pillars of society. Features of such society lost in political macrocosm of the EU (Eurosphere) include inefficient and slow public administration, high unemployment rate (in April 2015 it amounted to 17.5% or 310 936), mass emigration of younger population (around 48 000 recently emigrated) with European Comission forecast stating that 166-217 thousand of the most educated will leave the country in seven years from now on. It is a society sentenced to demographic deterioration and disappearance unless dystopian tendencies finally stop. Meanwhile prominent politicians holding executive power communicate poorly or not at all. This relates to the lack of communication from the PM and the president as well as irrational discussions on historical issues without any willingness and wish to move toward the future. Trapped in historical policies A society without conception implies the sense of being lost in social space and time. It hides behind the masks of historical policies because it cannot offer a valid solution for present and future. Historical policies exploit history for everyday political purposes. Political elite or detestable oligarchy, because we cannot speak of an elite in the full sense of that word, skillfully manipulates masses via media in confronting them with totalitarian history of the society and segregating them along ideological lines while exploiting history in everyday political and electoral fights. Such technique deepens actual bipolarisation of the society with stench of a controlled ''civil war'' and radicalizes it by using failed historical ideologies. We are held hostage by unsurmounted and unobjectified history. We are hardly able to get out of jaws of the politics which constantly slams into reverse gear and such regressive politics and situation is even harder because our divided academic community also exploits it. Instead of that, it should objectify history or, in other words, provide a scientific and objective explanation of what happened. Political oligarchies, both right and left, that force historical policies in a constructed bipolar society trapped in Fascist, Communist and Yugoslavian history have created conditions for a deficient and hopeless present and future with additional dystopian features of such society. This society can be put into context of the second antimodernity in many aspects. And these thoughts might be deemed pessimistic. But they are, essentially, a pure reflection upon nauseous condition (realism) into which we have been thrown, into which they have thrown us and forced each one of us to seek his or her own way of escape. Or maybe all together? If we still form a society? The identity of resistance as an answer and freedom of choice To run as fast as one can like the aforementioned 48 000 who emigrated means salvation and getting out of jaws of such insane, irrational, hostage situation as well as escaping life oriented towards history. Let's be real, why should we accept such condition? In the end, we only have one life worthy of living it. And, most of all, we cannot relive it! No individual should allow someone else to play games with his or her own life, freedom of choice, decisions and quality of life. So, no democratically elected political oligarchy which simulates democracy, no artificial intelligence or Leviathan should be allowed to do that. Each one of us chooses his or her own identity of resistance. Those who left have shown their resistance against irrationalism, hostage crisis, historical enchainment, egoistic oligarchy and inefficient public leviathanic administration which only guards its own privileges. Those who stay and who are literally robbed of their most productive period of life have to create their own identity of resistance to confront irrationalism, human stupidity, greed and oligarchy that considers itself a unique mighty power that everyone must obey in a simulated democracy. Better yet, they think that 95% of the society must be in function of their interests. Let's go back to the beginning! To enter an elite club such as the EU (Eurosphere), not to use its advantages and to have problems with new political realities means to be lost in the Eurosphere, to be trapped by its own incompetences, history and the mentality of the Region from which we can hardly unstick, despite being a full member state of the EU. Meanwhile, have we also become a natural disaster and calamity of the EU, similar to the Greek scenario? Or Titanic scenario? So far this frowned society without smiles on people's faces, without joy and hope, is not ready for change, modernization and creation of a society with conception and strictly defined (national) interests within the Eurosphere. It would be rational to define a conception of development, identity and interests and manage to function and finally survive in the Eurosphere as well as in a globalized world instead of losing time on badly defined goals. So, some kind of conception should finally occur in the society! Escapism into blogosphere to save freedom of thought in the real world So far we have not come across such conception. Since it has not yet been found, it had to be replaced with something else. It has been replaced with historical enchainment, antimodernist paradigm, egoism of oligarchy and manipulations of media by bigshots belonging to previous media which are so ''free'' that we are bound to escape into blogosphere or new cybernetic pathlessness and vastness, i.e. new media. In dealing with them moguls cannot say that famous phrase: Stop Reuters! And so the second modernity with its new media, in communicative action on individual level, is superior to irrationalism (antimodernity) of each government which tries to decide on life and death, success and failure, sustenance of existence and its endangering. [translated by Vinko Vego]
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Prolog U ovom tekstu riječ je o kratkoj blogosferskoj anatomiji jednog, nadam se, privremenog neuspjeha. Namjeravam se kretati na tragu vrijednosno- racionalnog djelovanja. U opisu koji slijedi nastojim ocrtati etički individualizam i pragmatizam te zauzetost oko pitanja usuda društva u kojem živim. I nije to mala stvar! Dakle, ima tomu nekoliko godina od kad je politički mikrokozmos Croatia postao dijelom političkog makrokozmosa EU ili eurosfere, kao političke konstrukcije druge moderne u globaliziranom svijetu. Ni to nije mala stvar! Dogodilo se to na današnji dan, 1.srpnja A.D. 2013., kad je RH postala punopravnom članicom EU. Od tog nadnevka pa do danas, gledajući očima fenomenološke sociologije fokusirane na analizu svakodnevnog života, malo je toga što upućuje na činjenicu svakodnevnog življenja RH u novoj političkoj realnosti EU, odnosno eurosferi. Ona se ponaša kao da uopće nije članica EU, imajući problema sa semiotikom ili tumačenjem pripadnosti u prostoru. Vezuje se tako uz regiju/region živeći u nekom nedefiniranom međuprostoru EU (eurosfere) i regije/regiona, kao novokonstruirane imaginarne geografije depersonaliziranih država. No, krenimo redom! Nova politička realnost i poteškoće u detektiranju iste Nova politička realnost iznova podrazumijeva potrebu tumačenja novog značenja političkog mikrokozmosa (RH) u eurosferi (EU), kao i problematiziranje kulturnog identiteta te definiranje vanjskopolitičkih interesa u skladu s novim političkim realnostima. Prethodno valja podsjetiti na konfliktne linije i slaganja glede ulaska Hrvatske u EU, meki i tvrdi euroskepticizam u društvu, konsenzus lijevog i desnog centra o tom pitanju te pitanje modernizacije i protumodernizacije. I kad se ipak dogodilo punopravno članstvo, uslijedio je šok glede europskog uhidbenog naloga u slučaju Perković, zatim konflikt s EU i zastoj ulaganja s produbljivanjem krize. Stvorena je poremećena ravnoteža i u tumačenju i u prakticiranju kulturnog identiteta koji je po svojim sastavnicama srednjoeuropski, mediteranski i dijelom balkanski. Vidi se to u otklonu ili nenaglašenoj politici prema zemljama Srednje Europe, Mediterana te prenaglašenosti ili zauzetosti politikom prema regiji/regionu, bez obzira na najavu predsjednice RH u predsjedničkoj kampanji kako je ''ovo Hrvatska, a ne nekakav region'', od kojeg se, čini se, vanjska politika Vesne Pusić i predsjednice RH KGK zasad ne može odlijepiti. Zar ne izgleda kao da dame iz visoke politike, bez obzira na (simulirane?) ideološke razlike, moraju odrađivati posao svojih mentora iz vrlog novog svijeta? Odnosno radosno provoditi ''koncepciju odozgo''? Društvo koje provodi koncepciju odozgo po definiciji je društvo bez koncepcije. Društvo bez koncepcije? Na pojavnoj razini nepobitna je činjenica kako je u zadnjih dvadeset godina hrvatsko društvo u odnosu na Veliki Svijet zapravo društvo bez koncepcije, podaničkog mentaliteta, bez definiranog razvoja u odnosu na razvojnu filozofiju projekta Horizont Europa 2020 koji se temelji na održivom razvoju, znanju, obrazovanju i uključivom razvoju. Konzekvence društva bez koncepcije više vuku na pesimističnu ili distopijsku sliku tog društva nego na neku optimističnu. Riječ je o društvu koje se približilo kontejnerskoj grupi skupljača boca, u kojem je više skupljača boca od boca samih. Nije to mala i neozbiljna sociološka činjenica već nadasve upozoravajuća! Radi se o društvu siromaštva, propalom i skoro deklasiranom srednjem sloju, moćnoj oligarhiji, odnosno tranzicijsko-ratnim profiterima, kao novim stupovima društva. Sastavnice takvog društva izgubljenog u političkom makrokozmosu EU (eurosferi) su nesposobna i troma državna uprava, velika nezaposlenost (u travnju 2015. je iznosila 17,5% ili 310 936), masovno iseljavanje mlade populacije (oko 48 000 nedavno iseljenih), s prognozom EK da će u slijedećih sedam godina zemlju napustiti 166-217 tisuća najobrazovanijih ljudi. Riječ je i o društvu koje je osuđeno na demografsko propadanje i nestajanje ako se ne zaustave tendencije koje upućuju na distopijsku sliku. Dok se sve ovo događa visoka politika u izvršnoj glavnoj vlasti malo ili uopće ne komunicira. Misli se na komunikacijski deficit predsjednika vlade i predsjednice Republike te na iracionalne rasprave o prošlosti bez volje i želje za zaokretom prema budućnosti. Zarobljeni u politikama prošlosti Društvo bez koncepcije podrazumijeva izgubljenost u socijalnom prostoru i vremenu. Ono se maskira politikama prošlosti jer nema rješenje za sadašnjost i budućnost. Politike prošlosti su instrumetalizacija prošlosti u dnevno-političke svrhe. Politička elita, odnosno mrska nam oligarhija, jer o eliti po definiciji te riječi ne može biti govora, vješto preko medija manipulira društvenim masama glede totalitarnih prošlosti ovog društva konfrontirajući društvene mase po ideologijskoj osi, instrumentalizirajući prošlost u dnevno-političke i izborne borbe. Tom tehnikom ona produbljuje aktualnu bipolarizaciju društva s mirisom kontroliranog ''građanskog rata'' i radikalizacije putem propalih ideologija prošlosti. Mi smo taoci neprevladane i neobjektivirane prošlosti. Teško se možemo izbaviti iz ralja politike koja permanentno vozi unatrag, dakle, jedne regresivne politike i situacije, tim više što u toj instrumentalizaciji sudjeluje i podijeljena akademska zajednica. Ona bi trebala podastrijeti objektivizaciju prošlosti, odnosno znanstveno i objektivno objašnjenje onoga što se dogodilo. Forsiranjem politika prošlosti od strane političke oligarhije, lijeve i desne, u konstruiranom bipolarnom društvu zarobljenom u endehazijskoj, komunističkoj i jugoslavenskoj prošlosti stvoreni su uvjeti za deficitarnu, besperspektivnu sadašnjost i budućnost, s dodatnom distopijskom naznakom ovog društva. Tako se u mnogim aspektima ovo društvo može smjestiti u kontekst društva druge protumoderne. Ove se misli mogu tumačiti kao izraz pesimizma. No one su u biti čisto promišljanje mučnog stanja (realizam) u koje smo bačeni, u koje su nas bacili, iz kojeg se svatko na svoj način mora izbaviti. Ili možda svi zajedno? Ako smo društvo? Identitet otpora kao odgovor i kao pravo na izbor Bježati glavom bez obzira kao što je učinilo onih 48. 000 spomenutih znači spašavati se i izbavljati iz ralja ove sulude, iracionalne, talačke situacije te života orijentiranog na prošlost. Budimo realni, zašto bismo pristali na ovakvu situaciju? U konačnici, život je jedan i kao takav vrijedan. Nadasve neponovljiv! Nitko na individualnoj razini ne smije dopustiti da netko drugi vitla njegovim životom, slobodom izbora, odlukama i kvalitetom života. Dakle, nikakva demokratski izabrana politička oligarhija koja simulira demokraciju, nikakva umjetna osoba ili Leviathan. Svatko bira svoj identitet otpora. Ovi koji su otišli su pokazali svoj otpor protiv iracionalizma, talačke situacije, zarobljavanja u prošlost, egoistične oligarhije i nesposobne državne levijatanske uprave koja čuva svoje privilegije. Oni koji ostaju, a kojima je najproduktivnije vrijeme života doslovce ukradeno, oni moraju konstruirati svoj identitet otpora kako bi se oduprli iracionalizmu, ljudskoj gluposti, pohlepi i oligarhiji koja misli da je u simuliranoj demokraciji jedina moćna sila kojoj se moraju svi pokoravati. Ili bolje kazati da 95% stanovništva ovog društva mora biti u funkciji njihovih interesa. Vratimo se na početak! Ući u elitni klub EU (eurosfera), ne iskoristiti njegove prednosti te imati problema s novim političkim realnostima znači biti izgubljen u eurosferi, biti zarobljen vlastitim nesposobnostima, prošlošću, mentalitetom regije od kojeg se, unatoč članstvu u EU, jedva i teško možemo odlijepiti. U međuvremenu smo postali i elementarna nepogoda EU na tragu grčkog scenarija? Ili Titanic scenarija? Zasad ovo namrgođeno društvo bez osmijeha na licima ljudi, bez radosti i nade, nije spremno na promjene, modernizaciju i na tvorbu koncepcijskog društva sa strogo definiranim (nacionalnim) interesima u eurosferi. Bilo bi racionalno definirati koncepciju razvoja, definirati identitet i interese, funkcionirati i u konačnici opstati u eurosferi, u globaliziranom svijetu, a ne gubiti vrijeme na pogrešno definirane ciljeve. Dakle ,trebalo bi doći do nekakve koncepcije društva! Eskapizam u blogosferu radi spašavanja slobode mišljenja u realnom svijetu Zasad takve koncepcije nema. Kad je već nema, onda mora biti nadomještena nečim. Nadomještena je zarobljenosti prošlošću, anti-modernističkom paradigmom i egoizmom oligarhije, manipulacijama medija od strane moćnika onih starih medija koji su toliko ''slobodni'' da nas tjeraju u bijeg u blogosferu ili bespuća kibernetičke nove nepreglednosti, tj. novih medija. Pred njima moćnici ostaju verbalno bespomoćni izreći onu famoznu: zaustavite Reuters! I tako se druga moderna s novim medijima, u odnosu na komunikativno djelovanje na individualnoj razini, pokazuje superiornom naspram iracionalizma (protumoderna) svake vlasti koja pokušava odlučivati o životu i smrti, uspjehu i neuspjehu, održavanju egzistencije i njezinom ugrožavanju.