Naive Bulgarians expecting miracles

Even after the resignation of the conservative government under Boiko Borisov, tens of thousands of Bulgarians protested on Sunday. Their demands include the nationalisation of the energy companies, a greater say in the political process and a new constitution. Pie-in-the-sky demands that are typical of the Bulgarian mentality, the economist Emil Harsev writes in the daily Sega: "Taken together, the protesters' chaotic demands revive an old chimera of the 1990s - the desire for a Hollywood-type miracle that will give us a better, happier and more prosperous life overnight. In the past it was with just such silly dreams that the people created idols, heaved them into power like divinities and expected miracles from them, only to hate, curse and bring them down them later. ... The myth of the saviour of the nation was created in the 1990s, which were marked by poverty and despair. And it's been with us ever since. My fear is that the Bulgarians need their hallucinations to be able to come to terms with reality. So let's sit back and wait for the next miracle."

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