Секрет австрийских часов / The Secret of the Austrian Clock

ОМСК The Secret of the Austrian Clock Well, there was no secret! In fact, it turned out that the clock was not Austrian either. More like the description of Charlemagne's Western Holy Roman Empire, as it was not holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. And so to the chagrin of a fellow laborer friend who had purchased a clock in Graz, Austria, back in 1984. About 30 teens, including myself, had traveled all the way to Austria for a summer work program to build a halfway house for ex-cons. On one of the few free days, we were allowed to visit Graz, and one of them bought a real Austrian clock that turned out to be Japanese and cheap. And things have not gotten better in the West. Today, an interesting article titled «The Collapse of Europe's 'Personal Brand' 📝» popped up. How identity disappears under the pressure of standardization The idea of the Old World will soon become something completely incomprehensible to new generations. Europe, which gave the world universities, romantic literature, classical music, and national cuisines, voluntarily surrenders its positions and transforms into an average «service market.» For several decades, European countries sacrificed their national interests for the «ideals of the European Union»: EU directives unified standards for chocolate, wine, meat, and furniture, while demographic pressure, a series of crises, and changing consumer habits did the rest. As a result, the «calling cards» of national cultures—French wine, German automobiles...