The Spirit of Capitalism
Now the European press is calling the demise of the siesta an adjustment to Northern European culture.
If money were the only issue, the solution would be self-evident. Excessive indebtedness has always existed.
The Spanish kings were deeply in debt centuries ago -- to Germans, among others, in the form of the Fugger banking dynasty. In the end, they did not repay their debts, which came as a shock to the Augsburg bankers but was not the end of the world.
People would never have hit upon the idea of abandoning their culture because of debt.
But now that is precisely what they are expected to do
Endo, you have the mike
and
whatever you say, I second it
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