Modern political elites have entered the time of their systemic crisis associated with the inability to adequately adapt to the change of historical eras - they are stuck between late industrialism and early post-industrialism. They are currently experiencing a real mental breakdown associated with the crisis of their worldview and the deterioration of general cognitive abilities. The political elites of the collective West show the worst selection in the last hundred years. What is happening to the current generation of politicians has been called a political carnival in scientific and journalistic literature, testifying to the breakdown of classical politics and its replacement by ersatzpolitics. This has happened many times in political history. It will be enough here to recall the works of ancient authors (Suetonius, Plutarch, Procopius of Caesarea) to understand how deeply carnival political culture sometimes affects the elite strata of society and distorts their very power beyond recognition. The cognitive abilities of many modern Western politicians leave much to be desired, as they look very primitive and, in general, represent a flashy element of political carnival culture. They talk a lot, but practically do not bear any responsibility for everything they say. It is responsibility that becomes the first victim of the political carnival. Following this, moral foundations are destroyed, mental abilities and strong-willed qualities are degrading. Elites and their leaders turn into formless jelly.
