By: Gašper Blažič
If you look into the history of statue removals in Slovenia, at least those dedicated to the famous monarchical dynasty Karađorđević, you will find that their removal was carried out exclusively by the occupying Italians already in 1941.
But this is of course only a small part of the truth, since the final “cleansing” of the materialised monuments of the short‑lived monarchy was carried out by the post‑war authorities, whose ideological successors now jealously guard the statues of communist revolutionaries.
That is why the “guardians of the grail” raised such an outcry when, on Saturday, 5 December, photographs of the Velenje Tito statue without a head circulated across Slovenia. And note: all those moralists, who in recent days foamed at the mouth over the beheading of their idol, applauded when insulting graffiti appeared on monuments to the victims of all wars or on monuments dedicated to the victims of the revolution. At that time, representatives of official institutions remained silent, but they “blew their lid” when someone decorated Boris Kidrič with red paint.
It must be admitted, however, that the Velenje “art installation” at least temporarily benefited Robert Golob and his circle. The current rulers desperately need as much raised fog and distraction from concrete problems as possible, since it is clear that the results of Golob’s governance are catastrophic. But note: all these current ruling kleptocrats quite openly contemplate “another mandate” for Robert Golob. “Nothing will stop us, we are stronger than fate,” is the well‑known slogan of such Balkan profiteer privatisers, who of course would like to profit for themselves – at the expense of the silent and obedient majority, naturally. Their goal is to drain the state as much as possible, so that it becomes a kind of European Venezuela.
Therefore, it is no surprise that Josip’s head has become the modern‑day opium of the people. At least one thing in which Marx was not mistaken…
