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In fact, the GERB party’s pre-election motto – “Work, work, work” – is extremely appropriate for this party, if we think about the literary source from which it was stolen, probably without realizing it. The original is on Vonnegut’s Cat Swing. “Work, work, work” is the universal explanation of the followers of the thief angel Boconon, when mysterious things happen in their republic of San Lorenzo. The spell is spoken thoughtfully and with a sigh.
I believe that the followers of our thieving angels have thus found the perfect explanation for all the mysterious and incomprehensible things that happen in our country. It only remains to work this technique to perfection in the time remaining until the elections.
For example:
Question – How did Bulgaria manage to catch up and overtake Italy in terms of overall mortality from the pandemic (this happened yesterday), after a year ago the Italians had surpassed us several thousand times?
Answer – Work, work, work (plus a sigh) …
Question – How would you explain the fact that a year ago he broke park benches to protect us from infections, and now in ten days he opens and closes restaurants?
Answer – Work, work, work …
Question – From the beginning of the year until today in Bulgaria an average of 4590 vaccinations have been administered per day. At this rate, in 2871 days we will be able to vaccinate (with two doses, as it should) the entire Bulgarian population. The date of this event will be exactly January 31, 2029. Isn’t it a bit late?
Answer – Work, work, work …
The trick works in almost all cases when uncomfortable questions are asked. Perhaps the only exception is the question contained in the title of Boconon’s fourteenth book, which, paraphrased to correspond to our reality, should sound like this:
“What is the hope for the future of Bulgaria if GERB continues to rule us as it has for the last 12 years?”
In this case, “Work, work, work” does not work. But the very content of Boconon’s fourteenth book gives us a perfect answer. It is relatively short: it consists of a word and a period.
“None.”
Overall, the use of Vonnegut’s work in the election campaign (albeit probably semi-consciously) is a great achievement for the ruling party. I would like some advice: provide other opportunities to adequately describe our reality and the role of GERB in it. For example, “The big problem with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe that there is a way to be smart.” Of course, it describes us all.
I do not want from what I have written here to conclude that the GERB party leaders do not love their people. But, as Vonnegut says in another of his works, Farce or Never Loneliness Again, we need less love and more good treatment.
And so on, as Vonnegut would say in a third of his works.
Happy spring to all! We will experience it somehow …
Source: Facebook
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