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I think you are mistaking two types of open society: Open inside (market place of ideas, secularity, people generally subscribing to the live and let live) and
by venomsnake 11y ago
I think you are mistaking two types of open society:
Open inside (market place of ideas, secularity, people generally subscribing to the live and let live) and open outside - welcoming, letting people join or willing to help people that are not from that society.
Wanting liberal, secular and socially oriented Europe inside and sealing the borders and isolating oneself from the human suffering outside is definitely lacking empathy, but not incoherent position.
- jacquesm 11y agoSorry. My country has a pretty long history of being on the wrong side of historical arguments and was on the right side once or twice as well by 'virtue' of being invaded. We've been refugees, have taken in refugees, have been a battle field and have waged war with neighbors and overseas creating battle fields elsewhere. An isolationist strategy is given that history to me morally bankrupt and not an option, even if the position is coherent I find that for me personally that's not a road worth walking due to the inherent hypocrisy that would require.
- venomsnake 11y agoProbably you are right, but your country is part of something bigger now. And while we are busy building an united Europe, isolationism is actually a good strategy while we sort our internal problems. Which includes integrating some troubled spots and minorities. Adding more people to the mix right now will hardly help that process. There are no good answers right now. We are very deep and there will be a lot of pain in the coming years. Everything else is wishful thinking.
- jacquesm 11y agoThat we are fully in agreement on, unfortunately. But one thing we can do is to stop digging the hole any further (at least, on this side of the divide).