By: Dominik Štrakl
In Slovenia, a silent but effective form of authoritarianism is increasingly taking hold. There are no more tanks in the streets, now, a button in parliament is enough to silence an opposition MP. A controlled headline on a media portal is enough to shape public opinion. It is enough for the media not to report, and the truth disappears.
This is how politics is done today. Not with arguments, but with censorship. Not through dialogue, but through silencing.
The recent referendum was a clear example. The authorities were afraid of it, not because of the question posed to the people, but because of their answer. The people said they have had enough. That is why those in power preferred to call for a boycott. Do not participate. Do not think. Do not decide. This is apparently the new philosophy of democracy, tailored to the left.
But the call to boycott the referendum was just a symptom. The real problem is the systematic suppression of truth.
When you take away people’s right to objective information, you also take away their ability to freely form political will. If you do not know the facts, your vote is not an expression of freedom, it is the result of manipulation.
This is no coincidence; it is a strategy. Under the guise of “progressive” ideas, they are dismantling the economy. Under the guise of “tolerance,” they are destroying security. Under the guise of “equality,” they are erasing national, family, and biological foundations.
The greatest threat to the left in Slovenia is something else: people who dare to speak the truth. That is why they fight with every means against anyone who does not think like them. And that is why they strike so fiercely at the SDS.
Because we do not stay silent. Because we do not cross red lines. Because we remain where our homeland, truth, and common sense still matter.
SDS is today the last political stronghold where freedom of speech, respect for the nation, and common sense still mean something.
And as long as we are here, the truth will not be silenced.