Georgian Dream Ended Propaganda – Reality Has Begun

By Gocha Mirtskhulava

Irakli Kobakhidze’s Open Confrontation with the Constitution

Georgia’s political rhetoric has entered a new phase.
The ruling party, Georgian Dream, and its leader, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, no longer hide their open confrontation with the country’s Constitution.
What at first sounds like just another political statement is, in fact, both a deliberate challenge to Georgia’s pro-European course and a Freudian slip - a psychological revelation rather than a random remark.

Europe, the Constitution, and Political Regression

At his latest press conference, Kobakhidze declared: “Europe is not a panacea!”

At first glance, this might sound like an ordinary comment.
In reality, it is a continuation of the rhetoric dating back to 2024, when Kobakhidze first suggested the possibility of suspending Georgia’s EU accession talks.

Today, the tone has deepened and darkened.
By publicly questioning the very idea of Europe as a moral and political space, Kobakhidze effectively undermines Article 78 of the Georgian Constitution, which obliges the state to pursue integration into the European Union and NATO.

This is no longer a matter of opinion - it is an open confrontation with Georgia’s constitutional commitment to Europe.

When You Mention Goebbels – You’re Looking in the Mirror

At the same press conference, Kobakhidze went further:

“Europe is not a panacea! Europe was also Mr. Goebbels, who worked in the most powerful European state of the 1940s... Eighty years later, Goebbels-style propaganda must not return to Europe.”

This is exactly what Sigmund Freud described as a “slip of the tongue” — not accidental, but revealing.
When a person accuses others of doing precisely what they themselves are doing, the statement becomes a psychological mirror of the speaker’s own mind.

The Goebbels Principle - Accuse Others of What You Do Yourself

Joseph Goebbels’ most famous propaganda formula was simple:

“Accuse the enemy of what you yourself are doing and your lies will sound like truth.”

That mechanism is alive and well in Georgia today.
A government that thrives on disinformation, fear, and social division now accuses “European bureaucrats” of spreading propaganda.

This is mirror-style propaganda the projection of one’s own methods onto an imagined adversary.
In this narrative, Georgian Dream portrays itself as the victim of “Western lies,”
while in reality, it promotes the same deceptive narratives domestically.

The same tone was evident in the very same press conference - this time directed against the United States.

Freud’s Slip - Truth Emerging from the Dark

Freud explained that slips of the tongue expose suppressed truths the more one tries to hide them, the more they break through.

Kobakhidze’s phrase, “Goebbels-style propaganda has returned to Europe,” works exactly this way.
Behind it lies an unintentional confession: he recognizes in his own rhetoric the very techniques he condemns.

This is Freudian projection the subconscious fear that one’s own methods will eventually betray themselves.
It is not a mistake, but a purposeful slip, where the unconscious overpowers political control.

The Psychological Structure of Propaganda

Goebbels’ propaganda model was based on three psychological pillars:
1️. Mobilize through hatred - “They are against us.”
2️. Discredit the enemy - “They are lying.”
3️. Claim moral superiority - “We are defending the truth.”

All three principles are clearly visible in Georgia’s political discourse today.
When the government justifies its anti-Western rhetoric by blaming Europe and the United States,
it employs the same psychological tools that once sustained the most toxic ideologies of the twentieth century.

Conclusion

When a political metaphor becomes a self-diagnosis, propaganda ends and reality begins.

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