> The high heat nationalism in the ex-yu managed to distract the populace from the fact that their countries are unreformed socialist era dinosaurs. It's not s

> The high heat nationalism in the ex-yu managed to distract the populace from the fact that their countries are unreformed socialist era dinosaurs. It's not so much nationalism as much as people _wanting_ their countries to stay unreformed socialist era dinosaurs. Many smaller communities here (Croatia) depend on government handouts or jobs in the public sector. Without them, those communities would cease to exist.