I'm about as pro EU as it gets, but I don't want the EU to integrate into a superstate modeled after 19th century nationalist ideas. What makes the EU awesome

I'm about as pro EU as it gets, but I don't want the EU to integrate into a superstate modeled after 19th century nationalist ideas. What makes the EU awesome to me is precisely the fact that it's a nation-like structure without all the bullshit designed to tickle people's apeish tribal instincts. The EU is not a country and I don't want it to be. It's a new kind of thing. I'm happy to be a EU citizen, but certainly not proud of it - that's just nonsense, I did nothing to achieve that. And that attitude, plus deep curiosity and empathy for the ways of life of people who grew up differently is exactly how you do end up with what to me is close enough to a universal society.