A new party on the horizon?
Rats usually abandon a sinking ship before it is actually half full of water. They simply sense it somehow and act instinctively, saving their own lives. Their advantage in recognizing an impending disaster is that they usually retreat to places below deck where the water reaches first. This allows them to solve their problems in time. When mice flee to cats, the earth will soon shake. This is another proverb that has symbolic meaning for the functioning of human society, because in many ways we behave in the same way as the fauna we usually underestimate. When an earthquake is approaching, cats flee, followed by mice and rats.
In the political arena, there are always individuals or groups who, in the event of an upheaval, disaster, trouble, or failure, separate themselves from the main tribe and try to go their own way. Sometimes it is a standard flight from the nest, other times it is an expression of cowardice and betrayal. Most often it is something in between, something like searching for one's own path with a slightly bitter taste. Martin Kuba is now a name that appears in the media in connection with the emergence of a new movement or party. And it is not just any name. He is the former Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Governor of the South Bohemian Region, and a member of the Civic Democratic Party for more than two decades. Kuba cites as the reason for his departure that he sees no way to "fix" the current ODS. The thesis of "repair" is based on the more or less justified and visible assumption that something is broken, disjointed, damaged. This is certainly a correct logical construct, which, to be complete, requires an answer to the question of whether the person in question did not accidentally contribute to the damage himself. And if so, to what extent. Martin Kuba is a prominent figure in current right-wing politics. However, the previously understandable division of active political groups into right and left has been blurred for some time now, and the competition for voters is taking a different form. It is based on personal presentations on social networks, focusing attention on current issues, and a permanent campaign with a significant populist accent. Martin Kuba has certain prerequisites to become a successful regional politician with a slight overlap into the national context. In order to achieve greater, republic-wide success, he must identify himself differently than Motorists for Themselves, ODS, and TOP 09. However, purely right-wing topics are not sufficiently appealing or attractive to voters in our social-socialist-capitalist society. No one wants to accept strategic and conceptual visions that involve even a fraction of hardship, sacrifice, and hard work, and there is plenty of degenerate and primitive populism around. It is therefore difficult to predict what will come of M. Kuba's attempt. In conclusion, perhaps just for fun, a suggestion for a name. KUBA. K.U.B.A. Conservative group of future alibiists. It works in Czech.