Opponents and proponents of democracy could dance happily on the sounds from Croatian political scenery. The proponents, however, only if they have a good sense of humor. The scenery is dominated by a huge number of demagogues, unbelievable huge, so that you may rightly ask if there are enough Croats to be demagoged. The secret is simple - they demagogue each other, with pleasure.

They, the Croatian demagogues, come from all domains of the Croatian young and vulnerable state with parliamentary democracy. To start with, most Croatian politicians don’t act as the representa- tives of their constituencies but rather careerist using their office for a variety of personal benefits, many running plainly criminal actions to enlarge the personal wealth. Then come leaders of veterans associ- ations (a couple of them) and trade unions (hundreds of them). The veterans ride on the well known Croatian soft spot - the glorified past. And they are careerist also. The union leaders ride on the subconsci- ous leftover of socialistic times, best demagoged as "workers rights". And they are careerist, of course. Nevertheless, the chief demagogue in Croatia is Croatian Catholic church which even doesn’t try to hide its political ambitions. Like, would you believe, a bishop in his public sermon calls for overthrow of the current Croatian government.