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Bullying in politics – the language that manipulates elections and deforms society
2025-03-17 11:13:40 / IDE
Election campaigns are no longer battles of ideas—they have turned into competitions to speak louder, to sit lower, to hit harder.
Bullying rhetoric is not an accident of Albanian politics, but a well-thought-out strategy: it targets not only opponents, but also voters. When political debate is covered in insults, people get tired, distracted, lose faith that anything can change. And when people give up, those in power win.
From a human behavior perspective, this phenomenon is predictable. When an individual is faced with ongoing stress, the main reactions are “ fight ” or “flight.” In politics, “fight” meant active engagement, a punitive vote, a demand for accountability.
But bullying creates another effect: it makes people choose “escape”—withdrawal from politics, indifference, cynicism. This is a form of psychological manipulation: make people feel powerless and they will never challenge the status quo.
Bullying in politics works like an epidemic: it repeats itself so often, so persistently, that it becomes contagious. First it shocks us, then it tires us, and finally it seems normal.
Until when? Until someone chooses to no longer accept it as the norm.
So this year's elections are not just about names and parties, but about deciding whether we will continue to live in a society poisoned by fear and insults, or in a society where argument trumps verbal violence.
How does that change? By understanding the game. By not backing down.
By rejecting this language, not just in elections, but every day.
If bullying has a domino effect, so do dignity and argument. Someone has to throw the first stone.
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