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Romania - Andrei Plesu on Karaoke capitalism in Romania
Philosopher Andrei Plesu describes Romania's young capitalism as imitating a model.There are three domestic kinds of borrowed capitalists. First there is the nouveau riche: He is a kind of Al Capone, still dumbfounded at being so rich, and tending to display money rather than spend it. Next come the company girls and boys: They have no individuality, all dressing the same, eating the same, thinking the same and talking the same? They work a lot because they want to become rich. Thirdly, there's the manager: He knows all the rules, has no time to lose and no interest in the chatter of intellectuals. He judges a text by its length and a book by its sales figures...
