A few words about me
I study in Prague, I travel a lot outside the Western Hemisphere, I'm not afraid of physical work – say, with a circular saw, I like restoring vintage vehicles even though I haven't had time for them lately, I'm a beekeeper, I love Russian literature and songs, including Karel Kryl, even though that may be unexpected, I've recently become a political staffer for the chair of the ÚV KSČM, my hobby is history, mainly of the 20th century, I think I'm good at organising public events and now and then I create a bit online or in print in the occasional periodical Naše Naděje, which I run, I enjoy a discussion with people of opposite views too – provided they are democrats not just in words but in reality, able to argue and to listen, I speak English, Russian + basic German, I got into politics at around 13–14, when I started reading more non-fiction, it was neither hardship nor family that brought me to the KSČM, but rather the realisation that a society set up the way it is today, and not only in the Czech Republic, can only end up in a deep crisis without systemic change, because at its centre is not the human being but capital. Words and incantations about democracy are then just a little dance on the stage of media show business, not a real fact, at a moment when international banks, monetary funds and large companies are more powerful than entire states and, through lobbying and capital, can determine politicians and the information in the mainstream media – create enemies to order, a hedonism of consumption tailored to everyone, and keep control over the most important information. It would be sad to come to terms with that and just live an ordinary life.
The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.
