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:04:02
When Albania was communist,
was like prison,

:04:06
no one came in or
went out for fifty years.

:04:09
Now foreigners can enter
:04:13
but Albanians cannot go out.
:04:16
Where would you go anyway?
:04:18
You think they're waiting
for you in Germany or Italy?

:04:22
Too much freedom
alI at once is not good.

:04:25
- Who's in power now?
- Same as before.

:04:29
They just change name, they get rid
of the older ones, the more corrupt

:04:35
but people are hungry
and desperate.

:04:39
You've been spoilt, the State has
always taken care of everything.

:04:43
The truth is that the time has come
to rolI your sleeves up and get busy.

:04:48
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean
you must do it aIl yourseIves...

:04:51
But do you know
what Albanian salary is?

:04:55
Ten dollars!
A doctor gets fifteen!

:05:00
- There's no capitaI.
- The capital's coming...

:05:05
Hope so...
:05:14
These people come down
from the mountains

:05:18
and from borders with Yugoslavia.
:05:22
They walk for miles
and miles to get to port.

:05:26
The police try to stop them,
but it's no use.

:05:29
What do you need
all these bunkers for?

:05:31
Our dictator Hoxha
feared Italian invasion,

:05:37
so he bought 600 thousand
from communist China.

:05:43
Know how many houses
that cement would make?

:05:45
Yes, but Hoxha was mad,
he was dictator.

:05:48
Dictator my arse!
It's brains you're lacking!

:05:53
How the helI can you be starving?
:05:56
With all this land, all
the oil and water you have...


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