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> That may be my pan-European bias Or in other words: The excuse for being aggressivly nationalistic towards other nations, without the need to call it nationa
by idownvoted 6y ago
> That may be my pan-European bias
Or in other words: The excuse for being aggressivly nationalistic towards other nations, without the need to call it nationalism.
This behaviour is particulary present across European high-educated middle- and upper-class circles and in general in Germany. In short: in areas of a society which have trouble celebrating their roots, because it grounds them. Next to their lower class neighbours or distant un-urban relatives.
> While UK officials and media repeatedly demonized the EU for the past ~5 years.
From following the three elections regarding Brexit (the Referendum, the EU parliamentary vote and the British Election in 2019): to claim that a majority of the British media, politicians and business elites sturred the anti-EU sentiment is utter, utter nonsense.
The vast majority of domestic political parties favours the EU soley for the fact, that it gives them twice the amount of taxpayer payed positions they could shuffle their members into. And so did most of the British parties.
- dgellow 6y ago> This behaviour is particulary present across European high-educated middle- and upper-class circles and in general in Germany. In short: in areas of a society which have trouble celebrating their roots, because it grounds them. Next to their lower class neighbours or distant un-urban relatives. Wait until you learn that I'm Swiss, generally proud of my country and its history and people, do not have a European citizenship, have no form of high-education (my highest formal certificate is from an apprenticeship, I'm self-taught and built my software engineer career myself by learning directly on the job), and come from a single-parent family categorized as "lower class" by wealth statistics. Other than attacking an imaginary "elite" persona I'm supposed to embody, do you have some actual points to discuss regarding feeling "disturbed" and "ashamed" by the EU?