They denigrate in the PMs. They stealthily throw acid at you. That's what they call virtue. You don't even know which way to look anymore. Who to avoid or how to defend yourself.Because the punishment of the one who steps out of line never comes from above, but from the side.From those in the house. The ones accustomed to hypocrisy. Those who are hurt by your vice. Yes, even dictatorships aren't what they used to be. Nowadays it's no longer about neighbor against neighbor. Rather, it has come down to appearances against appearances. Unfortunately, nothing is about to be over anytime soon.
(Translated by Bianca Ioana Prisecaru / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by prof. dr. Nadina Vișan / Edited by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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