We are living in a culture of shamelessness and lies!

Abstract

The year of 2018 sees the Centennial of independence, which should foster reflection on who we are and what we are like? I have already wondered if we are tolerant, and if not, why?

I do not support the flowing stream of complacency about our uniqueness, which supposedly sets us in a position of a “spiritual” leader of the region with clear pan-European aspirations. Instead of a serious dialogue, social divisions are deepening with each passing day, and the view of “those who are not for us are against us” proves widespread. We have a difficult history behind us, but we are unable to talk about, and if we do, we draw “ammunition” from it for accusations and slanders. Why? What seemed a major, and finally the bloodless success of Poles following 1989, is today open to contempt and speculation, with a slander of treason implied in the background, a treason of who and what? These are just some of the questions that come under a wider problem of culture of our everyday life. Overwhelmed with the burden of duties, we tend to ignore it, even though its is worthwhile to notice it, because not everything can be “shouted out” in the Capital City.