Marko Perković Thompson at a concert in the Zagreb Arena:
"This is not about me and one concert. This is about an attack on the Homeland War and the foundations of the Croatian state. We know that today Zagreb is ruled by an extreme leftist sect and the remnants of the Yugoslav communists. Zagreb is the capital of Croatia. But also of every Croatian man and woman, wherever they live. We are all connected to Zagreb. I call on everyone who disagrees with this government that makes such decisions to oppose it democratically, through elections. Elections can be both regular and extraordinary.
I call on all young people, everyone from political and public life, to make another effort to help you young people, so that you, our youth, our falcons, our beauty, may you make Croatia proud and beautiful as in dreams. We will not tolerate the misery and cowardice that defends our 1991 wake-up songs, which we have been singing for 34 years. There will be more days, there will be battles.”
Questions for practice:
Why do patriots like Marko Perković Thompson generally register attacks on the foundations of the Croatian state, and not, for example, on its roof?
Does the Croatian state have a roof?
What about the walls?
If attackers on the foundations of the Croatian state should be brought before a wall, is that the wall of the Croatian state?
If attacks on the foundations of the Croatian state are always underway, and no other part of the structure is exposed to risk, can one get the impression that the construction of the Croatian state has not progressed beyond its foundations?
Since official authorities constantly emphasize that the Homeland War is the foundation of the Croatian state, is it correct to conclude that there is still nothing of the Croatian state apart from the Homeland War?
Have you heard of the old Japanese proverb that a house without a foundation is better than a foundation without a house?
If Marko Perković Thompson's claim that "we are all tied to Zagreb" is correct, what specifically ties us to it?
Is there a possibility that we are chained to Zagreb?
If, however, we are not tied to Zagreb by chains, but by something else, is that connection strong enough?
Did Marko Perković Thompson think that we were tied to Zagreb by an umbilical cord?
In that case, is a trip to a concert at the Zagreb Arena similar to going to the motherfucking motherfucker?
What does the statement that Zagreb is the capital of "every Croatian man and woman, wherever they live" mean?
Should we conclude that, in addition to nation-states, private individuals also have capital cities?
What is the capital of Marko Perković Thompson?
If a Croatian man or woman lives in New York, could it be that Zagreb, as far as he or she is concerned, is the capital of New York?
Should "every Croatian man or woman, wherever they live," have the right to vote in the elections in Zagreb, so that the electorate, gathered from Vrgorac and Imotski to Ottawa and Melbourne, can wipe out the remnants of the Yugoslav communists who usurped power in their capital city?
Would Marko Perković Thompson himself, when running in the elections for the Zagreb city government, use a polling station in Žnjan, Split, or in his native Čavoglave?
If the Homeland War formally ended in 1995, and today, towards the end of 2025, we are still recording attacks on it, and increasingly intense, where did the Homeland War end?
Or is it more appropriate to talk about infinity?
Will Marko Perković Thompson live long enough to survive the Homeland War?
How does he personally view it, when he says that "there will be more days, there will be battles"?
Do we know that "megdan" is Turkism, did the Croats really defeat the Turkish invaders and completely deal with them, or is there no end in sight to this war?
Would it be useful to join the remnants of the Yugoslav communists with the remnants of the Yugoslav Ottomans?
Aren't the constant attacks on the Homeland War key evidence that it has a defensive character?
Why wasn't this recorded in the Declaration of the Homeland War?
Are members of the "extreme leftist sect" and the "remnants of the Yugoslav communists" one and the same, or are they two different criminal groups that have formed a coalition?
Why is the "extreme leftist sect" receiving majority support in the Zagreb elections?
Is it realistic to conclude that, by voting for an "extreme leftist sect", the majority of voters are attacking the Homeland War and the foundations of the Croatian state?
Should such people be denied the right to vote?
Do attacks on the Homeland War, including those carried out through the act of voting, have the characteristics of a civil war?
Can the phrase Homeland Civil War be used to better describe the current situation?
Are the citizens of Zagreb remnants of the Yugoslav communists?
Why are there so many of these remains?
Are the remains of the Yugoslav communists the result of the negligent work of Maks' butchers?
Were Maks's butchers, sung by Marko Perković Thompson, lax about slaughtering in Zagreb because it was their capital?
When Marko Perković Thompson "calls on all young people" to make an effort "to help you young people", is this an appeal for self-help or a heartless torture of the most sacred Croatian language?
When Marko Perković Thompson defines "our youth" as "our beauty," does this mean that unsightly, ugly, or deformed young people should be expelled from Croatia?
If we expel them, will Zagreb remain their capital?
If it is still thought that "our youth" represents "our beauty" regardless of physical appearance, why are "our falcons" specifically emphasized in the same sentence, and not, for example, our chickens or our roosters?
Besides mice and dormice, do falcons feed on the remains of Yugoslav communists?
If the answer is yes, does that mean that it would be easier to get food in Zagreb than in other parts of Croatia?
Was the partisan song "Sivi sokole" sung in support of Croatian youth?
Why didn't Marko Perković Thompson include it in his repertoire, at least in chamber performances, such as those where he performs the song "Jasenovac and Gradiška Stara"?
Does Marko Perković Thompson's recommendation to our youth to make Croatia "proud and beautiful as in dreams" indirectly convey the message that Croatia outside of dreams is neither proud nor beautiful?
What is Croatia like in real life?
If dreams are the source of Croatia's pride and beauty, what do we need alarm clocks for?
How would you, generally speaking, describe the intentions of an individual who would guide us into dreams with the help of wake-up calls?
How are the vigils from 1991 different from the vigils from 1941?
If, as is officially claimed, the Ustasha salute "For the Homeland, ready" had one meaning in 1941 and another in 1991, what is its meaning in 2025?
In the event, however, that the Ustasha salute always had the same meaning – in 1941, 1991, and 2025 – does time fly or do falcons fly?
Why does Marko Perković Thompson call for the overthrow of the government "through elections" when his political idols did not recognize parliamentary democracy?
Did this striking departure from Pavelić, Luburić, Kvaternik, Boban, Francetić and the team surprise you?
Can we understand it as the first implicit criticism of the Ustasha regime?
If he continues in this style, will Marko Perković Thompson join an extreme leftist sect by the end of the tour?
Did our beauty lead him into a conversion?
Or were they falcons after all?
Is there beauty without a rosary, a tricolor flag, and a black T-shirt with the Ustasha coat of arms?
Do you believe that Marko Perković Thompson's statement that "elections can be both regular and extraordinary" is making Ante Pavelić roll over in his grave?
Can we distinguish the grave of Ante Pavelić from the foundations of the Croatian state?
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