PASOK is reportedly attempting, he says, to reach out to the public in Attica by touring with the same “show” that isn’t selling tickets.
The problem doesn’t lie with the public. In other words, it’s not the voters’ fault that they’re turning their backs, but rather the play and the… troupe, along with the lead actor who even as they see the audience seats are empty, they carry on with the same overplayed performance.
Doomsday rhetoric, civil war-era rhetoric from the previous century with “blue” and “green” coffeehouses and generous doses of “tomorrowism,” PASOK’s tactics not only evoke bygone eras but also become dangerous as they seek to undermine institutions and target political opponents.
At the same time, the “there is money” spiced up with the good old “give it all”, at a time when geopolitical and economic turmoil is shaking not only the wider region and Europe, but perhaps the entire planet.
With promises to everyone and a clear effort to stir up anger among citizens, as well as references to “cleansing” from alleged scandals and self-proclaimed claims of integrity and other such things they are seeking votes in the same places their competitors are.
Faced with mounting anxiety due to polls, they are seeking class-based confrontations and ideological distinctions that turn into dogmatic confrontations with their rivals on the Left.
Without proposals, without alternatives, and without even changing the show, selling tickets and filling the (political) stage seems impossible. Especially when you’re addressing an audience that has in the past had its fill of promises that were later labeled as delusions by those who made them.
And while second place may not yet be secured—since the actual data will only be recorded starting in September— nevertheless, continuing on the same path leads to a dead end—a road of no return…
