Observers of History or Conquerors of the Future

Many people do not feel the need to be informed. A multitude of topics in every society, as a microcosm of the individual, are taboo. Today, there are vast opportunities for people to be informed and to think critically. Analyses, thoughts, and the accumulation of information do not always lead to their correct interpretation. Creative ideas and reflections on the meaning of life should find their place and realization in social spheres and political aspects. The multiplying reality we live in gives a sense of futility even to the most perfect. Superpowers have long dictated the rhythm that the rest of the world merely observes. The 18th century was a period from the particular to the general, in which great powers followed events and participated in social changes. Today, the global situation is such that the breaking of ideas and the creation of systems from the general to the less general are forming. This leads to the creation of a void that leaves every possible movement powerless, that is, the internationalization of ideas and progress that existed or could exist. Approximation towards freedom and the elementary discovery of one's place in society and the meaning of life depended on the individual even in the most totalitarian societies. The question "who am I" always precedes the collective "we." Perceiving reality and desire in relation to the real context, but also something more than that, is the foundation. Anatoliy Vasilyevich Lunacharsky diverged from Lenin in the sphere of his views and ideas about the role of faith in the new order. One had to read Yuliy Martov to discern the social democratic ideas of that time. Many unprofessionally speak about the complex of discontinuity. Everything has its continuity because history has a hidden and visible order of reality, which intertwine and do not have the same value and temporal compound. The period after the French Revolution and the period after the October Revolution are processes that have continuity thanks not only to the political system but also to strength and literacy. Strength is reflected in freedom and courage to create opportunities for ideas to spread in the world. Then, to think globally in all periods and always demand and achieve more. This was particularly successful at the beginning of the mentioned processes. The realizations and creation of a new class were rejected by the masses, but in the beginning, both Einstein and Tesla were enthusiastic. Today, movement is lacking because the future world is immersed in digitality, physically mute and self-effacing, in the domain of freedom voluntarily betraying itself for the sake of "being informed." In essence, by loudly remaining silent about the most important problems, ideas, and questions of humanity, it necessarily exploded. What remained were achievements that, by their example, do not constitute a failed historical instruction and negative pedagogy, but a Promethean living, historical relationship. Unfortunately, not even a Pindaric understanding and observation of entire processes is inherent to our generation of people. Literacy is the germ that should have, but was indeed difficult to implant in the soil we tread. Mentally, in relation to such an idea of the world, we are deeply guided by the philosophy of the provincial town. In almost all periods, the thought and ideology of alternative or otherness, which would encompass our living space, was as a rule deprived of inclusion. Being part of global processes, even as a mere observer, is of crucial importance for a nation that does not base its strength on threat, power, or military capabilities. Futuristic promises and the grandiosity of honeyed empty words about the inevitability of one nation, without directly proportional and visible inclusion in important processes, are pointless. Although all these three historical periods are largely falsified today, there are moments in the history of civilization and humanism that have, in the meantime, also changed themselves and society. Nietzsche says that changes come on dove's feet. University councils, for example, which had seats in faculty councils, were elected in 1963 in Belgrade. The first group of people who acted independently consisted of: Slobodan Mašić, Mihajlo Mihajlov, Leonid Šejka, Predrag Ristić, Danijel Ivin, Marija Čudina. People and workers who wanted to participate in the political and social responsibility of their generation, as well as creating an adequately more favorable environment for generations of boomers and others that were coming. Institutional representation and struggle within a socialist system were almost incredible. From better conditions for the pensions of newborns, to the rights of students and workers. That was the time of true socialism, at least in periods. Poles, Czechs, and Russians testified about imprisonment and hard labor for possessing books by Yugoslav authors and theorists. At the same time, the mentioned names printed and graphically designed the first edition of Solzhenitsyn, miraculously delivered to Belgrade. Aesthetics and ethics were clearly and unequivocally differentiated. The instantaneity of ideas and the continued Hartmannian commitment to a deeper field of vision for changes are what we lack. The social, scientific, and political environment is neither invented nor inherited, but created in a way that does not deviate from the existential demands of society. State totalitarianism was not fully punished after the Second World War and was not entirely eradicated. The succession of fascism and Nazism remained and was transferred to younger generations in a different form and scope. Generations on the internet build their perception of superiority even without a nation. Events that shocked the world and silenced the scribes of every phenomenon in the world are those from Nepal, but also worldwide. Generation Z in Nepal burned the ruling caste after the internet was shut down. That transfer from the screen to reality radically changed the awareness of overcoming the possession of possibilities. However, the evocation of what will be has happened. No one noticed the Nepali boy who went "viral" for his speech in the style of Adolf Hitler in March at a school event. So now, when the same boy leads a Generation Z protest in Kathmandu, which shook the country's political structure and the world, it is suddenly strange. Not for long, because attention shrunk to 1.3 seconds. The boy named Avishkar Raut went "viral" for his much longer speech about corruption in Nepal during a school celebration. His speech "Jai Nepal" (May Nepal Shine) would launch him six months later into the center of massive protests, which not only killed several people but also forced the prime minister and officials (who survived) to resign from their positions. A video of the protest appeared, clearly showing Raut leading the protest, holding a microphone and chanting slogans. Long before these events, with the title of a speech whose "brilliance" resembles Nazi symbols, not one boy, but masses of young people around the world adopted this pattern of change. No one abolished their high schools, but they did abolish the internet. This warned many and redirected the behavior of hybrid totalitarianisms. Countries with a defeated Nazi-fascist ideology in the past did not stand out globally to that extent, but a country between India and China did. The reincarnation of such sinister forms of the past is numerous, and it will be difficult to halt the path of reductionism. The basic concept is freedom. Contested and threatened everywhere. Brecht believed that people should first be allowed to go somewhere, and then a path should be made where they go. The complexity of phenomena that are a European and world problem is enormous, and without clear articulation of conquering the future, we cannot move an inch forward. Unresolved issues with Nazism are not the only level of negative phenomena. The intertwining of power, the distribution of despotisms, the affirmation of general nihilism, tyranny, the abuse of Christian democratic ideas, and a false, new Left, in conjunction with capitalism, create survival. Capitalism existed in the 14th century, and its first forms already appear then. This does not mean that the multilayeredness it has reached today and which is difficult to identify can be easily defeated. Many, using the methods and practice of capitalism, tried to find themselves in relation to the creation of a new order. However, this practice proved to be short-lived, while deeply conscious and roughly ingrained virtual habits outlived and dominated, and greedy chameleon-like policies survived and remained. Božidar Vasiljević