Malta will run out of good luck by next year if the country continues to rely on the finite resource to avoid major tragedies, according to experts.
The warning comes after yet another construction-related incident yesterday, when a pile of concrete bricks fell from a tower crane in Gzira and somehow killed absolutely no one. Several building collapses in recent months have also claimed no fatalities.
The world supply of luck is regulated by the International Fortuity Fund (IFF), which gives each country a share of serendipity according to its population size and specific needs.
“At the moment the construction industry is using up a big portion of Malta’s luck,” said Professor Imona Jetski from the American University of Malta.
“But our dependence on good fortune runs much deeper. There’s a reason why there are never any 20-car pile-ups on Maltese roads despite everyone driving like a lunatic.”
Prof Jetski added that if Malta did not switch to alternative sources of major-tragedy prevention, such as common sense, personal responsibility and enforcement of rules, the country would start to eat into the portion of luck dedicated to warding off natural disasters.
“A tsunami is much harder to dodge than a pile of falling bricks,” she said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was dismissive of the warnings.
“As long as Maltese people continue to pray and paint eyes on their luzzus, our luck will never run out,” he said.
“We have also started to transfer Malta’s existing good luck onto the blockchain, because any problem can be solved with blockchain,” he added.
