Foreign Elements

True, Croatian politics, and non-existent policies likewise, have taken sadly nationalistic overtones, especially in 1990s, even short-sighted chauvinist ones. But the foreigner is advised to view this in light of all those foreigners ruling and conquering my nation during the centuries.

The former resulted in vital elements of power, those economic levers, to be sold to foreigners, be these all the banks or telecommunications or the hotel industry. This is what we refer to as "selling the silverware".

But, watching current news, the sadest plight by far is that we, once again and openly, have the rule not of the people. These wretched oligarchs - are the foreign element.