Jan Šinágl angažovaný občan, nezávislý publicista

"God gave us the tongue to cover the thought. It depends on whether we have one. If we have none, or if we have quite another, it doesn't matter. God gave us a tongue." Anonymous

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Prof. František Koukolík tells us in an understandable way how sheepish we are and how blatheringis worse than lying. The author agrees with Josef Fousek who says: "If you want to rule (govern) someone, you have to reach out to the stupid, the comfortable, the indulgent, the lazy, the lazy to read and remember - there are more of them!"Such are easy to manipulate and exploit. That's why what happens in our country happens. It all starts with upbringing, education and personal example. JŠ

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Ralph Keyes in his book on the post-truth era, the dishonesty of deception in contemporary life has pointed out the blurring of the lines between truth and lies. He speaks of the hyped-up truth, the untruth, the soft truth, the easy truth, the ambiguous statements that are not the truth but not yet a full lie. Deception has become a way of life. D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States said, "An intellectual is a man who makes up more words than are necessary to convey more than he knows."

Robert Schiller, Nobel Laureate in Economics (2013), "One cannot afford too much morality or one will be swept away by the ruthless force of capitalism... Only those who are willing to cheat can survive... Cheaters are not immoral per se, they are merely reacting to reality as it is... They need above all to make a profit, and they face great competition... If someone cheats others, you have to do it too... Capitalism encourages fraud if you don't regulate it."

Scientific fraud is common, some with disastrous consequences. Blabbing in science is common.

Updated 17.2.2024: Ansichten von Hans-Georg Maaßen, ehemaliger Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz, Rechtsanwalt und Vorsitzender der WerteUnion

Updated 14.2.2024: BULSHIT, or about the blabber we pay royally for...

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Europe is in a very bad state, the debt is enormously high. In this case, to use the words of Thomas Schäfer, the CEO of Volkswagen, „Europe has become lazy and stupid.“

Tomas Bata: "We do not want money, we do not want subsidies, we do not ask for donations from the government!"

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The text of the interview is an edited version of a live interview and therefore may not fully reflect Mr. Bat'a's statements in the full context of the ideas that were expressed. The FULL VERSION of the interview is presented in the podcast session. 

At FOSFA, the main motto is: DO NOT GO - DO NOT EXIST!, as well as COOPERATION - TODAY, NOT TOMORROW - WORKING FOR THE MACHINES, THINKING FOR THE PEOPLE! - DON'T IMITATE, LEAD THE WAY!

From an interview with entrepreneur Ivan Batka: Bata will be missed in times that won't be easy - Czechs have a tendency to celebrate those who have gone, instead of those who are with us, they can teach us something and move us forward. Listen to them more during their lifetime than after their death - Most of our economists and their claims are wrong - "3Ps": Understand - Adapt - Seize the opportunity - Europe as a whole is sick.

There has been a transformation of society, the world economy and the world order

Germany is an exporter, the engine of Europe, if this engine stalls, what place will we have in it? How will we and our companies react to these changes? - Who is a mere supplier will crash - Let us look for answers in the perfect nature: "No tree grows to the sky!". One day we need to start planting new trees. Every civilization has been made up of cheap inputs of production. If resources are exhausted, civilization ceases to exist. European civilization is exhausting itself in its way of thinking and existing. Logically, Europe itself will disappear and its position will change. This must be seen positively - the 'trees' are going and new ones must be planted. Either to replenish the existing ones or to plant completely new ones. In every end there is a beginning, in every beginning there is something new.