A massive scandal in #poland these days 🇵🇱 Polish state radio deleted a song by a popular artist (Kazik) as they realized it's critical to the ruling party. As result lots of artist boycotted them, shitstorm in social media etc.
What people don't understand is the ruling PiS party simply doesn't care. If you want to know what happens next, look at Russia in 2000's 🇷🇺 and Hungary in 2010's 🇭🇺 . They did not care as they took control over the judiciary and media as they had popular support.
The problem is that once you take control over judiciary and media, you can't do significant reforms even if you want. Or even if you desperately need them because your economy is crumbling.
You're effectively a hostage of the people you lifted to power, all those anonymous officials who were placed in privileged position just by their political affiliation rather than merit.
@kravietz what does "deleted" mean in this context?
There was a song contest and Kazik hit the first place - and then somebody noticed what the song is about and was it was immediately deleted.
Then after another day they said the contest was falsified.
Then a number of radio presenters from that station quit in protest and bands announced they boycott.
@kravietz so the song was never aired?
Apparently it was published on the Polish Radio website for a week or so when it got lots of votes but nobody really cared about it, until they removed it in panic 😂 Right now it's classic Streisand effect in action, copies are everywhere - official version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9LzNtpjhV0 has 3,221,841 views
i think those lyrics are a bit too difficult for google translate
Don't bother, it's all "your pain is bigger than mine" in different combinations. Background: cemeteries were closed during lockdown for everyone but Kaczyński obviously did not care and visited his mother's tomb - apparently because he's not "everyone". That's what Kazik sings: that allegedly his pain must be somehow more important than everyone else's.
@guenther Didn't know that! That's 100% the same mentality 🤦♂️
The station (Polskie Radio Program 3 or "Trójka" in short) is a niche one but also a cult one: it's been always targeting intellectual circles, had their cult presenters who worked there for >40 years and was allowed slightly more - like playing Western music - even during communism.
Since PiS has taken control they kicked 50 people from the Polish Radio and replaced them by right-wing pro-government bloggers.
Now, whether it's good for the countries is another question. Putin took the country with skyrocketing oil prices... and nobody cared about social and economic reforms as the money was trickling down.
Poland's economy is now also blooming now which conveniently serves as a proof that PiS "is doing everything right".