The other day I went to get my car’s electronic system checked by a technician. There were some errors appearing on the dashboard that needed to get fixed. In fact those errors were nothing new to me. The car’s electronic system is such that every so many hundred kilometers it requires you to do a maintenance check. The dashboard shows some warning messages which I have seen a few times these past twelve years. Yes, my car is twelve years old and as an aging car it needs now more maintenance and checkups to stay in tune and safe to drive.
The fact is that with age more of its parts need to be either replaced or maintained in some way. Meanwhile, for me, getting those problems fixed it’s not simply a maintenance issue, but rather a security and safety one on a mechanical system that if not kept in check can easily get out of control and cause major issues!
Just like my car, the Albanian political system is itself an aging one! In this case, age could be considered a good thing as it supposedly means that the system becomes more mature and efficient at what it does. However, in the case of Albania’s political system age related issues do not so much affect its efficiency as they cause maintenance related problems! Our current political class (our current politicians) is an aging one and just like with my aging car, I am of the opinion that it cannot do wonders or perform better than it did while it was still young and able.
Thus, I suspect that major maintenance is overdue as the “dashboard warning messages” are many and indicate many hidden issues. As a disclaimer for myself, I do not claim to be neither a car specialist not a political specialist, but as a general rule, I suspect that with age the number of issues that needs to be fixed grows!
Thus parts need to be changed, especially if they some of them have been working for some twenty years now. New “oil” needs to be pumped and “filters” need to be changed!
What do you think?
the problems is: Salih Berisha, Ilir Meta, a lot of criminals in SP Pary too, a very stupid, very criminall: a club from idiot criminals! And the intelligenc are going out of albania.
Dear Blogger,
It is not age so much as it is the breakdown that comes with loss of character and loss of character always points to a loss of essential truth within the ethos of the culture. The ancients called it wisdom and it was the task of the Elders in the gate to maintain it for the community. My own experience living in Albania (10 years) convinced me that communism and the ongoing effects of communism within the culture taught those who have that kind of wisdom to lie low and keep their mouths shut. It is moral/spiritual renewal that Albania needs and such renewal comes only from solid insight and the courage to consistently apply it within one’s own sphere.
Unfortunately, you are not alone. The secularism of the West is catching up with it and the loss of crucial human virtues here in America is gutting our economic system. Yes, we still have a greater degree of justice and order, but the system is failing and the virtues that made America great are being lost.
If I remember right you are a Christian. Read Daniel chapter 2. You will find there a progression of world kingdoms stretching from the time of Daniel right on down to our own time, the toes of the image being made of mixed iron and clay and representing a world with different nations but no one nation possessing empire like powers. The stone cut out without hands is symbolic of the return of Jesus Christ to our world and the end of human history as we know it. As I always tell my little girls, we are living in the toes. Lift up your head for our redemption comes closer. Sink your mind into the Word of God and plead with Him for insight and to make you faithful in every respect, down to the smallest details of daily life. Then you will be the type of influence that Albania needs. I pray courage for you. I know it isn’t easy. But God will be your helper.
Mirupafshim,
Berti
Dear Robert,
thank you so much for the kind reply and great insight.
Sincerely,
Elvis