Authorities who have as their only aim remaining eternally in power gladly embrace such truths, bolstered by war legislation and the logic of its priorities. This is why the opium continued to function effectively even after the end of the war. Defeat became victory, poverty became prosperity, isolation became an achievement admired by the whole world, lies became an ideology capable of rescuing the planet and wrecking the new world order. Truth, even in moments when the world is genuinely changing for the better, has never been the most decisive political value. The forces of power and interest, without which there is no political life, introduce lies into the march of inescapable political facts.
Complete truth is inefficient and has no chance even in the most democratic societies.
However, when lies become all-embracing and reach the level of cretinism, truth becomes a decisive political factor. Day One I am standing tiptoe and narrating to Jasmina what is happening in front of the Yugoslav Federal Parliament building. I take my windbreaker off, because in this mass of people, it is becoming hotter. The energy of a volcano. From time to time I have to remove a somewhat grimy piece of canvas from my face.