Fatos Lubonja: “We are unable to build the big house together, so we build by ourselves”
Publisher from Albania speaks about the role of intellectuals in society, the flaws of Albanian democracy and the necessity of thinking differently.
|12.04.2018
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"If I were to explain it in one word, that word would be ignorance. People are incognizant."
"Economic fascism implies the violence that is inflicted by a minority to protect its interests in relation to the majority, the others."
"The biggest risk is going toward an identity and trying to manipulate people with it."
I’ve compared our power system with a three-storey building. On the first floor is the oligarchy, on the second is the media, and on the third are the policies that are built by the offices of the majority and opposition. In the basement, there is organized crime. And there are stairs or elevators that connect these floors.
"In principle, I am a proponent of the idea that you must fight the system from within. If you leave the system, you are inexistent."
Ngadhnjim Avdyli
Ngadhnjim Avdyli is a former K2.0 staff journalist, covering mainly politics, governance and social justice issues. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Prishtina.
This story was originally written in English.