Non ce la faccio proprio a non postarlo, non c'entra un accidente con l'Irlanda, ma comunque c'entra eccome con l'Italia.
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&ore...
Alcuni quote secondo me significativi:
"Italy’s low-tech way of life may enthrall tourists, but Internet use and commerce here are among the lowest in Europe, as are wages, foreign investment and growth. Pensions, public debt and the cost of government are among the highest."
"Italy has one of Europe’s lowest birth rates, the fewest children under 15 and the greatest number of people over 85, apart from Sweden."
“We don’t have a Google,” he added. “We can’t imagine in Italy that a 30-year-old opens a business in a garage.”
“The malaise is: ‘I can see all that, but there is nothing I can do to change it,’” said Beppe Severnigni, a columnist for Corriere della Sera.
But, he said, “to change your ways means changing your individual ways: refusing certain compromises, to start paying your taxes, don’t ask for favors when you are looking for a job, not to cheat when your child is trying to reach admission to university.”
E quest'ultimo punto e' secondo me(edit) il centro di tutto: abbiamo quello che ci meritiamo, siamo quel che vogliamo essere. Se vogliamo veramente cambiare dobbiamo partire solo da noi stessi, ed escludere ed emarginare chi continua a comportarsi in un modo che ci ha portato a questa situazione.
[Modificato da gdbjoe 13/12/2007 13:58]
Cerea.
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Giovanni