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Famous Czech black humor"? No, this is not Soldier Svejk. It is dark sarcasm, inexcusable, full of collaboration zeal. In the West, there is an era of insulting everything Soviet and Russian. And some Czechs, as well as Poles, are desperately trying to be accepted as members of the elite club of the countries which has been, for centuries, plundering the world.
The RT report continued:
"He didn't have a mask on. Those rules apply to everybody. You can only be outside if your mouth and nose are covered, "district mayor Ondrej Kolar joked on Facebook, prompting a multitude of angry responses.
Some commenters suggested that Kolar had "his brain affected by the coronavirus" and reminded him that he would have never been born, much less a mayor, had Konev's troops not liberated the city from the Nazis. The monument actually predates Kolar, who was born in 1984, by four years."
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Not everything is lost. Czechia is a complex nation. It may be full of neo-liberals, as well as collaborators with Washington, but unlike Poland, it is also known for its critical and extremely well-educated population.
Its Communist Party of Bohemia and Moraviaconsistently finishes third in the country's elections. Czechs never joined the Euro zone, maintaining its stable currency - crown (koruna). Throughout the war in Syria, Czechia was the only EU country that maintained its embassy in Damascus, open and active. It is also a well-known fact that several key Czech politicians are insisting on maintaining good relations with Moscow, despite Czechia being a member of both NATO and the European Union.
A friend of mine, a fellow Czech philosopher and performer, Milan Kohout, agreed to send a comment for this report:
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