"Those who play, don't get naughty."
The concept of diverting attention to obscure ulterior motives is not unique and finds resonance in a well-known adage in Prague, Czech Republic: "Those who play, don't get naughty." This adage's essence lies in the notion that occupying children's time can afford adults precious moments of uninterrupted focus on their own affairs. I consistently invoke this pragmatic stratagem when discussing a political incident that transpired in the Czech Republic in 2014.
In this episode, Czech President Miloš Zeman returned from a diplomatic visit to China not aboard the government's official plane but within the confines of an aircraft belonging to the now-deceased Czech oligarch Petr Kellner and his business conglomerate, Group PPF, with deep-rooted financial interests in Russia and China. Notably, President Zeman exhibited a proclivity for fostering pro-Chinese and pro-Russian relations, culminating in a cooperative agreement with the Chinese corporation CEFC during his visit to Beijing. The billionaire entrepreneur Petr Kellner played a substantial role in Zeman's interactions with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In their homeland, the duo sought to portray their relationship as less intimate than the rumors implied. Consequently, the government empty plane's return trip transpired in eerie silence, perplexing a waiting journalist who had anticipated probing questions concerning the China trip.
Several days later, the President appeared on a regular radio show broadcasted by Czech public radio. In a startling twist, before the host could broach the sensitive subject of the controversial China visit, President Zeman derailed the conversation. When questioned about Russia, he abruptly shifted the discourse to the Russian protest group, Pussy Riot, meticulously explicating the Czech audience about the lewd connotation of the word "Pussy" in Czech, employing its most explicit slang interpretation. The host was taken aback, as no previous high-ranking political figure in the country had ever employed such vulgar language in an official address. To compound the shock, President Zeman repeatedly articulated the word with an apparent relish, ensuring that it left a lasting impression. The fallout from this event was profound, stirring up suppressed anger and disgust throughout the nation. The focus swiftly shifted away from China.
This narrative echoes a recurring theme found in films like "Die Hard I" and "Die Hard III," where terrorists deliberately create distractions to occupy law enforcement, thus facilitating their sinister agendas. If we extrapolate this principle into more complex scenarios, considering Reflexive Control, we encounter striking parallels with the current global landscape. The unsettlingly brutal violence unfolding in Israel may serve as a prologue to a meticulously orchestrated "polycrisis." Such chaos diverts the attention of security communities and policymakers, keeping them preoccupied while affording others the luxury of pursuing their concealed objectives without undue scrutiny.
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Alex Alvarova is Czech-Canadian author, who lives in Boston, MA. A recognized authority in political marketing and public relations, a sought-after seminar leader, facilitator, podcaster and public speaker. In 2017 she wrote The Industry of Lies, a non-fiction work that introduces, outlines and fully supports a core concept: Russia used the 2013 presidential election in the Czech Republic as a trial run to perfect its hybrid-warfare aggression for altering the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential elections. In 2021, she published Feeding The Demons: The conquerors of America, a political thriller on bannonist behavioural BigTech propaganda. The story features the events of the American election 2016 and how the propaganda machine was established to destroy America. She wrote numerous expert articles on political marketing and algorithmic propaganda. Together with her co-host, expert on social media algorithms, Josef Holy, she hosts a czech podcast called Canaries In The Net, on algorithmic propaganda and AI.