Arbsuristan and Arbsurdistan!
Welcome to the wondrous land of Absurdistan, a place where reason is not remembered when it has taken ordinary leave, and where tranquility is considered an existential threat to the nation.
In this charming little country, brave, proud to have paved the way for history with a pen in hand, there are not one, not two, but 57 television stations and 13 of them are dedicated to news only. Yes, yes 13 just for "news".
13 is a third number, but the number of televisions with news/subtitles is only the tip of the iceberg.
If you turn on Absurdistan TV, you can easily see the same people talking around a table: These are called experts/analysts/commentators/contributors who don't know what they studied but how much they changed.
The special thing remains that even if they are invited every day or if they speak on the same day and at the same time on two or three stations at once, they never run out of words.
These "experts" grace the screens of Absurdistan at all hours of the day and night, engaging in heated debates that last for hours and ultimately achieve their goal by saying nothing.
Televisions in Absurdistan are not kept alive by commercials or purchased programs, but by "guests". The guest is the "King" who rules the realm of television absurdity.
Please pull out the calculator. A television that does "news" requires a minimum of 30 guests per day.
With these 30 guests, the morning, forenoon, lunch, afternoon, afternoon, evening and late evening program is filled.
This means a minimum of 1,000 guests per month, or nearly 12,000 per year for just one television.
Multiply that by a minimum of 10 television stations that follow this similar guest philosophy, and it becomes 100,000. (If Zelenski had this army, he would have repelled Russia in time)
Yes, who are the guests?
- Do they possess deep knowledge with which they inspire the nation?
- Are they distinguished scholars, professors, distinguished diplomats, standards of wisdom who are ready to lead the people to enlightenment?
-Do they have knowledge/expertise in a certain field?
No.
No, because there aren't enough people to call themselves experts, but because the real ones don't matter at all to an audience accustomed to the same television fodder called absurdity.
In Absurdistan, the majority of guests are an eclectic mix of self-proclaimed experts and charlatans who have long since left logic in the trunk of their car and head to the TV studios to make themselves heard.
With the idea that "this is how the people love it", the real debate is sitting in the back of the car, while the steering wheel is left in the hands of the "guests".
The latter are invited to "kill" time, while logic, reason and calmness are their favorite targets.
The more irresponsible you are, the more wanted you will be, the more obscene you are, the more you will be in the center of attention, the more idiotic you appear, the more you will increase the income of the absurdist media.
While everyone wins, the victim is the public.
It is a spectacle that some confuse with farce, but it is neither, it is the daily informational food served to the citizens of Absurdistan.
There is hope that the situation can change. Even the "guests" are leaving Absurdistan and there is an expectation that a day will come when the citizens of Absurdistan will recognize the importance of substance over spectacle, quality over quantity and will learn to enjoy a beautiful discourse or debate with content.
The fear is that the "guests" who are leaving Absurdistan will be replaced by "guests" from distant countries such as Thailand or Sri Lanka. While the World Bank calculates that very soon the number of guests on Absurdistan Television will exceed the number of the population of Absurdistan where reality usually exceeds imagination.
So, dear reader, if you're dying to visit the enchanting land of Absurdistan as a tourist, pick up your remote control, take a moment and appreciate the spectacle unfolding before your eyes. Guests may come and go, from one TV to another, but the circus goes on.
Publicity, we're back in Absurdistan again as the show has just begun!