Baby leaders!

World politics has turned into a complete 'reality show.' How we miss real leaders! Educated, poised, serious leaders...

The European Political Community Summit was held in Tirana, the capital of Albania, the other day. It was no less than the Cannes Film Festival. 

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama attended the summit in white sneakers. He knelt while greeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. 

At the summit, AI-generated images of the leaders as babies were shown. Although most of the world's population would prefer to be governed by the baby versions of these leaders, some watched this silly welcome with a smile, while others showed no reaction at all. Let's say they wanted this summit to be funny and give politics a breather, but when we look at the big picture, we must all admit that the world leaders of our current era do not really resemble the leaders of the past. One wrestles with a bear, another offers money to buy another country, one makes himself the Pope with AI...

But they all have one common feature. They are very good at perception management. And these showman-like actions keep them in power. They do not hesitate to lie, they feel no shame in making promises they cannot keep, they resort to montages, and as for conspiracies, they are everywhere... Playing with society's sensitivities to harvest votes, violating human rights, and starting wars are not problems for them. 

Now, an anti-immigrant sentiment has begun in the world... First, US President Trump started with Mexican immigrants. Then he said he would close the door to all immigrants. Italian Prime Minister Meloni, whom the Albanian Prime Minister bowed before, is jumping through hoops to keep immigrants from coming. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was the latest to join the anti-immigrant, ultra-conservative wind spreading rapidly across the world. Moreover, as the leader of the Labour Party! The Labour Party, which came to power after 14 years by toppling the Conservatives, published a study in recent days to curb the momentum of the rapidly rising anti-immigrant Reform Party in the UK. Accordingly, the Prime Minister said they must save the country from becoming an island of immigrants. He announced that they would renew the immigration law. 

The British public and civil society organizations think the new rules will be contrary to human rights. But who cares? Looking cute to the voter is a common feature of today's leaders. 

I wish the AI-generated baby leaders at the European Political Community Summit in Tirana were running the world... They wouldn't have political ambitions, ruthless policies, a love for their seats, power poisoning, or cruel politics. 

Politicians like Atatürk, Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, and Kurt Georg Kiesinger passed through this world... If they were alive today, modern politics would have already killed them with grief.