Mythology as the basis to the system of misplaced values

There are letters, commas, periods, that will lead many, without any basis, to the conclusion that the author of this article is a dirty commie, a Yugo-nostalgist and a Tito pioneer.

What on earth could be the point of said article?

The point is the myths, similar to the ancient mythologies but of course without the quality of those old ones that speak about heroes, fairies, dragons and other natural and supernatural beings. Those myths had a cultural, educational, entertaining and folkloric purpose. The new ones aim at brainwashing and manipulation of perception.

The premise here is a hook for the ex-state, the late SFR Yugoslavia.

And after its leader, of course. The mighty Josip Broz.

Everyone knows why that is.

But those who disagree are the first to step in, like an East German western cowboy "das ist meine statt, auslander!" with the following myth.

"Yugoslavia was more peaceful than other communist states because Tito took loans and we lived on the fringes". This is a popular myth, but popularity does not mean that it has any reality.

The successor countries of the late Yugoslavia, in a three times shorter period, borrowed 5 times more than the former federation owed at the breakup in 1991.

$15 billion in 1991, adjusted for inflation, roughly $30 billion in today's value, for 48 years of existence.

The emerging countries today, $255 billion in 33 years of existence.

Not counting Kosovo of course.

So less than the legendary figure of 22 billion that is often mentioned, based on the record of 21.7 billion in 1987, which fell to 15 before the collapse four years later. And yet, at the same time other countries owed the dying Yugoslavia around $4,4 billion.

So the real debt was about $11 billion dollars, today that would be $22B, and that already brings us to a scale of 1 to 14, very unpleasant fact for believers in modern mythology.

And during that time, from the collapse until now, all the strategic infrastructure sold to foreign companies... of course.

Here the difference is most evident and the consequences that follow in the immediate future.

But at least patriotism is on the rise. And that's something i guess.

The old and stupid wisdom that some geezer made something out of nothing seems to be true.

In the past, Yugoslavia produced and exported everything. Nowadays, countries of the region produce nationalism and export it`s youth, it`s brightness, it`s future.

The same party has been in power for 67 years in these areas, only changing its priorities in 1991.

Before the collapse, he opened "patriotic" branches with appropriate flags and songs, from "right-wing", to "competition" with the "left-wing" branches of the same company.

To end with Johnny Stulic quote in Yugoslavian style, such is the topic and the conversation.

Namely, Johnny warned us with some verses like the one "How is the essence of fraud brought to unrecognition", but no one listened to him. Those who listened to him were converted to the point of rationality.

Or maybe not.

Long Live the Revolution! Roger Mortis 004