The New Nobility - Papalášstvo from Mečiar to Matovič is a light-hearted look into the sad backstage of Slovak politics.
Miroslav Beblavý has experienced first-hand how difficult it is to fight against the senseless privileges of prominent people. Drawing on this experience and more than two hundred sources, he provides a unique account of the ways in which "those at the top" enjoy their status without shame.
Someone's speedboat stands in the village, another's military fighter jet blows out candles in the cemetery. Amusing incidents, such as the MP almost going to jail because of parrots, are replaced by justified indignation that a pensioner with a high school diploma was put on the supervisory board of a bank by her son-in-law. The reader will also learn why diplomats say butter is five times more expensive in Prague and who earns better than in America.
The author shows what has been tried against the papalism - often unsuccessfully - and what we must do to finally defeat it. We don't need new nobility in Slovakia, especially when the straw is falling out of their shoes at every turn.