Sławomir Mentzen, the King of Political TikTok, teaches young people about life and moves their ears

With a research flair, I looked at the videos that Mentzen publishes on TikTok: economist, CEO, businessman, brewer, and apparently also a talented influencer Various tributaries merge here into one rushing river: political commentary, micro-lectures on taxes, jokes and valuable life lessons for the young.

There are no narrative volts, grand scenery, processing or any special attractions in the materials Mentzen usually just sits in the office and talks.

But what does he say! Law firm expert Let's start with Mentzen's professional face As a tax advisor, he does not shy away from good advice on topics with which he has been professionally involved, and he willingly gives them in an accessible form of anecdotes.

He cites, for example, the story of a friend who was ordered by a customs officer to customs duty on expensive shoes imported from Great Britain Fortunately, her fiancé said that the fig with poppy seeds, because the amount must be divided between the two of them: she will wear one shoe and he will wear the other.

The customs officer, though all red, could do nothing in the face of this retort The hero and the bride were released.

"Isn't it brazen optimization?" Mentzen asks, smiling from ear to ear at the thought of his colleague's cleverness The chairman of New Hope in general is eager to track down absurdities and loopholes in the law.

For example, he devotes one of his films to the story that the breeding and sale of snakes is tax-free in Poland, so it is a profitable business Will terrarists come to us now? We don't know, but one thing is certain: Korwin's wieners are dead, long live Mentzen's snakes.

What is important in the Mentzen law firm is a company sweatshirt, as well as a desk: black and polished like a mirror As the head of the company says, he may have because he is not employed under an employment contract.

Then it would be subject to an outdated regulation that states that the desk must be bright, frosted and with a separate level for the keyboard Fortunately, he is an entrepreneur and is not affected by the legal absurdities that make thousands of poor people suffer.

Many of them would be happy to trade a fixed salary, L4 and paid holidays for a beautiful, shiny black table The political commentator Sławomir Mentzen is not only an economist, but also the president of the party.

His TikTok has already clearly entered the campaign phase However, when other politicians - according to Mentzen himself - produce election sausage for races, he is different from everyone else.

He openly announces that "he will give us nothing" It is true that in 26 seconds of the film about not luring people with promises, he manages to promise a lot (that under his rule " The solution to the problem of low fertility would also be best entrusted to Mentzen.

Sam has three children and, as he happily explains, no official was needed during the process of their creation There is little foreign policy on Mentzen's TikTok, but the prophecy about who will rule Russia after Putin may draw attention.

Well, someone with hair "It all started with Tsar Nicholas II, who still had hair, followed by bald Lenin, replaced by Stalin with hair, followed by bald Khrushchev (), then there was Yeltsin with hair, followed by bald Putin" - explains this system Mentzen, who is supposedly a serious politician (with hair), but also a cool and funny fellow.

And the most familiar content is still ahead of us Nice laugh, ordinary Sławek Riddle: why does Sławomir Mentzen wear a suit? If you don't know, you will soon find out, because he answers the question in one of his recent videos.

The thing is, he has to work a lot, and the suit is the only thing keeping him from lying on the couch Just a joke! Another comedy material about (not) working: happy Mentzen at FIFA.

"I tell my party colleagues that I have no time for politics because I deal with the company At the office I say that I have no time for the company because I deal with politics.

At home I say that I have no time for anything because I deal with the company and politics In fact, I play FIFA all the time.

And that's how you have to live!" The joke is revived ("The wife thinks I'm with my mistress, the lover thinks I'm at my wife's, and I'm stomping, stamping fishing"), but it doesn't matter Mentzen mapped his constituency.

Young men in Poland like Konfederacja, young men in Poland like FIFA For boys at the threshold of life, the president also offers the wisdom of a man experienced in marriage.

Let's listen to this life lesson (published as part of the Mentzen Advices series) "You can't change a woman.

You can change a woman, but it won't change anything " We're in the office, but we're also grilling a bit, and my uncle is now putting the pork neck on our plate, adding an aphorism to the dish about how it is with women.

The cheerful stoicism with which the politician describes the alleged nature of women is the main emotion on his TikTok If he gets nervous at all, it's with playing, for fun.

In this vein, he admonishes his party colleague Konrad Berkowicz to give him the "golden Mati" (a figurine of Morawiecki that looks like an Oscar) Other material: while driving Mentzen records a rant about how he annoys him, when he heats up dinner for himself at work, but there are no forks in the drawer.

Perhaps it's time to buy a few more for the company Or reject socialism and start carrying private cutlery everywhere.

Amazement, on the other hand, is alien to Mentzen He was surprised when he was little, today he prefers to move his ears.

And that's the end of this review, there's probably nothing better out there A joke, a smile and forward We don't need to watch more, because we've already learned a lot about the views, likes and dislikes of the president of New Hope.

Mentzen likes: capitalism, free market, accurate retort and well-coordinated joke Mentzen dislikes: stupid ideas, "legislative diarrhea", socialism and a thieving state that takes our money.

He also doesn't like politicians (except for himself and maybe his party colleagues) It is not exotic, in Poland even MPs - aware that the people have little sympathy for the public service - they can talk about "politicians" as if they did not belong to this group themselves.

Mentzen does not and has not served as an MP, minister, and so on That is why he can all the more create himself as someone who sees more from the outside (and knows what he is talking about, as a businessman and doctor of economics).

And at the same time you get the impression that the whole public sphere is like a game for him This can be seen when all he has to say about the history of Russia over the last hundred years is that one president is bald and the other is not.

Or when, in the extremely complex issue of demographic collapse, he proposes that officials should not interfere in making children There are no multifaceted issues on this TikTok.

There is a problem, there is a peasant solution, there is a joke And this mode of joking alone says a lot about Mentzen's popularity.

Sławomir Mentzen in his films is a man who succeeded He was successful, has a family, built a business (although the bad state certainly interfered).

He's the boss in the office and the boss in the party He managed to father and maintain three children, so there is no need to dwell on the fertility crisis.

He has a shiny, hand-cleaned CEO's table, so he can sit at it and mock the rules that bind grasshoppers to employment contracts He has done so well in the world, he is so comfortable in his own skin that he can afford good humor and distance.

He stoically accepts women's whims It's just little things that annoy him.

When other politicians are indignant, throaty, frown and split hairs, Mentzen cracks jokes and twitches his ear He's relaxed, he's calm and he's free.

He doesn't fight because he doesn't have to .