Musical interlude: Everything Rots - Big Cyc

Law professor Wojciech Sadurski breaks down the failures of modern Polish populism, before Polish punks 'Big Cyc' (“big tits”) roast the “Solidarity” movement's descent from working for economic democracy to populism and profiteering. Niech żyje wolna, demokratyczna Polska.

There was an old veteran who fought the good fight,
Protested at shipyards and slept rough at night.
Now, he earns well 'cause he gives workers hell,
Makes out like a bandit, can't stand when they yell.

One former star of 'Solidarity''s sunk
By a snazzy sportscar with a whore in the trunk.
Once, boozed up and blasted, he blurted the truth:
“I've no taste for comrades, but such a sweet tooth!”

Everything rots, everything rots, everything rots,
The stench wafts and spreads and blots.

We promise our voter what he gladly buys:
Democracy, freedom, earthly paradise.
Most fell for the fairytale, nailed in a flash,
Craved richer Poland, found God but no cash.

Get off the barricades and to church on your knees,
Shut your yaps, doff your caps and let us rule, please.
One fine August, this raucous elite had swagger,
Now they're just “them” and we're all in the crapper.

Watch Professor Sadurski's full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkM9s-vc0BA

Professor Sadurski's legal woes: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/04/long-arm-of-law

Poland's constitutional breakdown: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198840503.001.0001/oso-9780198840503-miscMatter-1

The Collapse of Solidarity: www.opendemocracy.net/en/solidarity_2806jsp/