ELITE AND PEOPLE IN POWER ALWAYS STAY OR RETURN TO POWER AFTER REVOLUTION - PART 1

Many of us still remember or have heard about the changes in Poland that happened in the 1980’s. There was a big fall of the communist regime and the transformation in the political system done through “SOLIDARNOSC” movement with its leader Lech Walesa. It was not easy and the blood spilled during the clashes with the government, police and army. People had enough of it and finally somehow they managed to bring down the regime of the communist party.

Many people were very excited and motivated and were looking forward to the new system. They were relieved that the regime has fallen down and were expecting new and better life. New leaders and new parties had very easy win after the fall of the communism. They were presenting new ideas of change, freedom etc. and there was no surprise with their victory.

So the transformation of power through the revolution and the victory in the elections was one thing. But the next step was implementation of the changes into practical life and fulfilling of the promises made to people by the new leaders. And this was even more difficult than bringing down the regime. But people didn’t realize it. There was a real mess that was left over after communists – not only economic but also mental mess and brainwashing that needed to be changed and repaired.

People were expecting that after the fall of the communist regime life will be immediately better. They somehow didn’t realize that cleaning of the old mess and establishing new system takes more then 2-3 years. They were expecting instant miracles.

But this didn’t happen.

After 2 – 4 years people started to see that life is not really getting as good as they were expecting and the whole excitement was wearing off slowly and steady.

To be continued…