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Milovan Djilas

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Milovan Djilas


Born
in Podbršće, near Kolašin, Montenegro
June 04, 1911

Died
April 20, 1995


Milovan Đilas was a prolific political writer and former Yugoslav communist official remembered for his disillusionment with communism. Much of his work has been translated into English from Serbian. He was, above all, a literary artist. In several of his books, Djilas proclaimed himself a writer by vocation, and a politician only under the pressure of events.

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“Tyranny over the mind is the most complete and most brutal type of tyranny; every other tyranny begins and ends with it.”
Milovan Djilas

“Better to be an honourable man than a minister of state.”
Milovan Djilas, Rise And Fall: An Insider's Memoir of Revolution Betrayed―From Tito's Circle to Prison

“Tako da je taj sporazum vjerovatno, kako god to izgledalo katastrofalno, po mome mišljenju odbačen iz sitnih partijskih i osobnih interesa.

Ovdje je riječ o jednoj balkanskoj nacionalističkoj sredini koja slijedi parolu "moj život, tvoja smrt", da se ne može egzistirati, a da se neprijatelj
ne uništi - ne vjeruje se u sporazumijevanje.

On zaključuje da su potpisnici tog letka u kome se on kritizira, izdajice svog naroda. Vidite, dakle pomisao da je neko izdajica svog
naroda, jer nj osobu kritizira, je jedna od osnovnih komun teza,koja je u praksi sprovodjena tako da se ideološko shvatanje ili osoba identificira sa društvom, i onda
ko kritizira tu osobu/ideologiju proglašava se neprijateljem naroda.Ni jedna totalitarna ideja ne može bez izdaje. Mora da proglašava dr izdajicama da bi mogla da se održi.
Čim vam neko kaže da ste izdajica znajte da je on po pravilu protivnik lj slobode.
Sve to ne zaslužuje tolike ljudske žrtve, ni ta zemlja, ni ti krajevi,niti išta zaslužuje ova poniženja i zločine koji su se kod nas dogodili. Osjećam veliku potištenost, nedoumicu,
gledajući na svrhu življenja medju ovakvim lj, i na svrhu djelovanja i trošenja vlastitih
energija za ovakve dogadjaje kakvi se kod nas mogu dogoditi. Očevidno smo prešli svaku mjeru zdravog razuma i lj dostojanstva - svim ovim što se dogodilo na našem području.

Moram da vjerujem da će narodi Bosne u dogledno vrijeme spoznati kakvu ist.katastrofu su olako uletjeli,u kakvim strašnim tragedijama su učestvovali. Narod koji dopusti razaranje etičkih normi, razara svijest o svojoj budućnosti i svom mjestu medju narodima.
Dešava se da iz dobra izadje zlo, ali nikada iz zla dobro. Iz zla koje se obrušilo u najvećoj mjeri na Bošnjake, oni su već izašli
kao pol identitet.”
Milovan Djilas, Bošnjak

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