Albanian socie­ty has sunk into such a pro­found cri­sis that many peo­p­le now resort to extre­me glo­bal com­pa­ri­sons. The poli­ti­cal exhaus­ti­on in the coun­try is so deep that some express their hope for chan­ge through dra­ma­tic par­al­lels. In recent days, state­ments have cir­cu­la­ted that echo inter­na­tio­nal events, clai­ming that Edi Rama would be “the next after Maduro.” A video pos­ted on Sali Berisha’s offi­ci­al Instagram page shows demons­tra­tors shou­ting: “Hajdut, haj­dut, jep dorëhe­q­jen! Lëri shqipt­arët të hanë bukë, mor qen!” (in English: “Thief, thief, resign! Let Albanians eat bread too, you dog!”). In doing so, they are acting in line with what Abraham Lincoln descri­bed as a demo­cra­tic prin­ci­ple in his 1861 inaugural […]