The war in Ukraine has pushed us from the post-truth era into the Stone Age, claims writer Yashim Topol. Today, the fall of communism and the 1990s is estimated even more. “It was a wonderful and miraculous period. We broke away from the Russian Empire. And that there are scammers and swindlers here? So they were and will be. But thanks to the policy embodied especially by Václav Havel, we turned away from the East that crushed and crushed us. “
Yashim Topol | Photo: Tomáš Vodňanský | Source: Czech Radio
According to Jáchym Topol, the fact that the ’90s are flattened into contemporary pop culture is like the time of scammers because people tend to notice mistakes more. “We still want to be better and better,” the writer judges.
Jáchym Topol, writer. Hosted by Ondřej Cihlář
“Leaving aside the war in Ukraine, which threatens us and which has brutally pushed us from the post-truth era into the Stone Age, we live here in our own country in a comfortable region. It is a rich and prosperous country. There is still some anxiety. I see it in people much younger than me. It is He looks at the world and the future in a dark light.”
“I have a feeling it was never here, except for the baroque mood. I don’t know exactly what it is,” he mused.
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“One cannot be skeptical with wide eyes, and skepticism is certainly healthy, but that is too much. Seeing crises everywhere is a thing of the times. I hope this awakens a gene in the younger generation laughing at the word crisis.”
According to Topol, crises and problems are not a reason for despair, because danger, death and problems are a normal part of human life.
“We need to fight dangers. But when our ancestors go out with a spear, there can be a bear or an enemy, and a bad harvest can come within a seven-minute walk of the cave. We think we are far from our ancient ancestors, but not by much,” he claims Yakim Topol adds:
“It is like death, we know as much about it as the herd members who hunted mammoths. We are always surrounded by danger and ghosts. But that is no reason to despair. This is still the same initial situation, this is the fate of man.
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