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> An economic union with independent economies Fair point. > A political union with independent politics. Yep, pretty sticky. > A human rights union with gh
by zbentley 6y ago
> An economic union with independent economies
Fair point.
> A political union with independent politics.
Yep, pretty sticky.
> A human rights union with ghettos of language.
Wait, what? What does language have to do with whether or not a nation- and culture-spanning political entity has a unifying notion of human rights?
Lots of states and superstates have problems with human rights standards being inconsistently applied among their constituencies. But I don't see what that has to do with language.
- sjwright 6y agoLanguage is a barrier to cultural union. It can be a blindfold to the rest of the world who are not invited into many parts of contemporary Hungarian culture. It can be a blindfold for its citizens, limiting exposure to external culture. Without shared language, it's harder for the Hungarian people to be influenced by the culture and politics of its neighbours. Even on a more basic level, the fall of Index.hu is made a greater problem because there's no Hungarian-language media in neighbouring Austria or Slovakia.