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Mindruta, Lucian
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Europe's South Americans
Journalist Lucian Mindruta of the Romanian weekly Dilema Veche sees nothing but expensive cars in his neighbourhood, and asks whether Romania is on its way to becoming a rich country: "Our cars demonstrate exactly the opposite: that we are poor but do not want to show it. This idea was tested in an American study carried out among Africans and South Americans, social groups that are clearly poorer than average. The authors observed the same trend among both groups. People with less money spend 25 percent more money on cars, clothes and jewellery than the majority. This money has to come from somewhere. The people studied spent less on their own education and entertainment, putting their money into things you can see. ... You buy a watch instead of an encyclopaedia. ... Clearly, we in Romania are Europe's South Americans. Poorer than the rest and yet determined to forget this fact, we are terribly anxious to appear rich. ... That only shows how poor we really are, as people and as a nation."
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Farewell to Florian Pittiş
Lucian Mindruta pays tribute to actor and singer Florian Pittiş, who died on August 5. He describes the impact Pittiş had on him and his generation. "I can't say Pittiş was a dissident or the leader of a revolt. He avoided confrontation - he was certainly no Che Guevara," Mindruta writes of Pittiş who wore his hair long despite the demands of the Ceausescu regime that he have it cut. He told them he wouldn't have it cut and paid for his refusal by being banned from the stage. "Pittiş was one of the reasons why the system became porous from the inside... He too will one day be forgotten, but for my generation he will always remain alive, and we can tell our children when they're old enough: 'It's better to be free than to be rich.'... These are not Pittiş' words, but without him I wouldn't have been able to write such a thing."
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