Re: 'Yugonostalgia Takes Hold in Slovenia'
Isn't it about time that the countries of the old Yugoslavia start putting their past behind and look forward to the future?
I know that the wounds are recent, but the times when countries could afford to let the wounds long open is not the present time.
Anyway, it doesn't make sense to say that many feel nostalgia of Yugoslavia if Slovenia is performing so well. I wonder if they think before writing. Or if they think any hour of the day.
However, nostalgia for the now defunct Yugoslavia might come for many if Slovenia was submerged in a Liberal Capitalist economy and it was hit by a crisis. After all, the Socialist regime in Yugoslavia was the softest that existed, to put it mildly.
Still, it is not probable. With such a small population and the natural resources (and beauty, as I can attest) that it posseses, together with its most convenient geographical location, Slovenia is likely to become a small Switzerland in the future (if there is a future), with little effort.
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