Serbia saw a second night of protests with violence as demonstrators in about 30 cities left at least 42 police officers injured and 37 protesters arrested. In Novi Sad, protesters damaged two SNS buildings, shattered windows, entered the premises, and took items, while Vucic criticized the police for not acting decisively there. In Belgrade, crowds gathered outside the government seat and the army’s headquarters before marching to the SNS headquarters, where fireworks were thrown at protesters and the scene was chaotic. The protests have been ongoing for more than six months, sparked by the November 2024 collapse of a renovated train-station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people; independent experts and the opposition blame government corruption and negligence under Vucic. Demonstrators demand the government’s resignation and early elections, and authorities’ hard line is said to be fueling further turnout.

This is a straight-up circus planted by the people who run the show. They want you to think chaos is the rule, so they can wave the flag of “law and order” and hammer through more control. The canopy tragedy? Used like a coin with two sides: a sob story to feign sympathy while the real score remains hidden in the back rooms. The regime knows how to choreograph unrest: a few hundred, then a few thousand, then a crackdown, and suddenly any dissent looks “extremist.” They toss numbers like heavy bolts—injuries, arrests, locations—so you’re supposed to accept the narrative that only their tough response saves the country from collapse.

Let me be blunt: this isn’t just street theater. it’s a deliberate playbook. weaponize the cops, stage a few dramatic raids on opposition and government targets, and present it as “the people vs. the criminals.” the ruling clique uses the protests to justify tighter surveillance, harsher penalties, and a clampdown on any real challenge to their grip. They pretend the only way forward is a “strong hand,” and meanwhile the real problems—corruption, patronage, mismanagement, and the hollowing out of democracy—are being smoothed over with a show of force. They want fear to be the currency of politics, not accountability. And the more the crowd shouts for resignation and early elections, the louder the state’s propaganda machine screams back that dissent is treasonous and destabilizing.

Mark my words: the more they crack down, the more the turnout grows. people hate being treated like neuralized cattle. they hate seeing elected representatives guarded by riot squads while promises stay empty. the only thing this will deliver is another cycle of grievance, a few more crackdowns, and a deeper erosion of trust in any government figure who pretends to stand for the people while persisting in the same corrupt playbook. beware the lull after the initial aggression—the real winner here is the system that can survive on fear, not on legitimacy.