The Pathology of Self-Contempt: A Response to Mila Pajić's Deconstruction
Reading Mila Pajić's text 'How You Destroyed Us, Karadžić Vuče,' one feels the same disgust that accompanies all propaganda. Mila Pajić serves us the old, well-known narrative of institutional activism: Serbia is evil, Serbs are criminals forever under collective judgment, the myths upon which our identity rests are poison, and young people in Serbia are nothing more than brainwashed puppets of Milošević and Vučić.
TL;DR
- Mila Pajić's text evokes disgust associated with propaganda.
- The narrative presented is described as institutional activism.
- Serbia is depicted as evil, and Serbs as criminals under collective judgment.
- National identity myths are characterized as poisonous.
- Young Serbians are portrayed as brainwashed puppets of Milošević and Vučić.