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No. Cultures exist. Races exist. Unique human modes of being exist. One of the most devastating effects of the European Union was the absolute desolation and lo

by _xnmw 5y ago

No. Cultures exist. Races exist. Unique human modes of being exist. One of the most devastating effects of the European Union was the absolute desolation and loss of beautiful cultures in Eastern Europe, such as Croatia and Romania. Entire regions became ghost towns, and major cities became standardized, soulless, faceless blocks. Here's a before/after review from someone who travelled to Dubrovnik, Croatia before it became part of the EU. > Our impression from that trip was mildly disappointing, because the distinctive culture of the country seemed to be fading into European Union standardization and blandness. The local high cuisine in particular was already long forgotten. [1] https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2021/09/26/re-visiting-dubrovnik-after-a-30-year-absence-september-2021/ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2021/09/26/re-visiting-dubrovnik...

wink 5y ago
> One of the most devastating effects of the European Union was the absolute desolation and loss of beautiful cultures in Eastern Europe, such as Croatia and Romania. Entire regions became ghost towns The same can be said for Germany's reunification. So many people moved from the former GDR to the West where the jobs were and as it's been a few years now the population is aging and dying. That is a fact. My opinion now is that I don't think that this would've been a good reason to not reunite Germany. And the same is true for your EU example. Also wow, that link you quoted. I would not cite that as a useful reference, that was a little painful to read. > Their biggest hope is to grow as equals within the European Union which is today just another word for NATO, meaning vassals of the United States. Croatia is thus willy-nilly aligned against Russia and surely soon to be aligned against China. From someone who describes 80s Yugoslavia as: > The Yugoslavia of my memory was to a great extent a fun-loving place where the business people with whom I associated had a well developed a sense of humor, cultivated witticisms, enjoyed immensely good food and good drink. Weird, all I personally know from 80s Yugoslavia is from people who came to Germany to work on construction sites for not-exactly-great money, they didn't really look the fun-loving kind to me. Maybe the author was mingling mostly with upper-class people who seem to not have gotten the short end of the stick so much. (JFTR, the first time I went to Croatia at all was a couple years ago and I was not old enough in the 80s/90s to have formed a good political opinion, BUT my viewpoint is simply what I heard from only non-rich people who emigrated to Germany, and from their kids).
- _xnmw 5y ago
  > Weird, all I personally know from 80s Yugoslavia is from people who came to Germany to work on construction sites Selection bias. Emigrants tend to be the least happy people - there's a reason they left. Emigrants are not a good sample of the "real" native people. > My opinion now is that I don't think that this would've been a good reason to not reunite Germany Sure, borders change and sometimes countries get unified. But the OP was asking about unifying the entire world, not two sides of a neighbouring country with the same language. That is a painful thought, we should be fighting to protect cultures like we fight to protect endangered species.

by _xnmw 5y ago

wink 5y ago

> One of the most devastating effects of the European Union was the absolute desolation and loss of beautiful cultures in Eastern Europe, such as Croatia and Romania. Entire regions became ghost towns The same can be said for Germany's reunification. So many people moved from the former GDR to the West where the jobs were and as it's been a few years now the population is aging and dying. That is a fact. My opinion now is that I don't think that this would've been a good reason to not reunite Germany. And the same is true for your EU example. Also wow, that link you quoted. I would not cite that as a useful reference, that was a little painful to read. > Their biggest hope is to grow as equals within the European Union which is today just another word for NATO, meaning vassals of the United States. Croatia is thus willy-nilly aligned against Russia and surely soon to be aligned against China. From someone who describes 80s Yugoslavia as: > The Yugoslavia of my memory was to a great extent a fun-loving place where the business people with whom I associated had a well developed a sense of humor, cultivated witticisms, enjoyed immensely good food and good drink. Weird, all I personally know from 80s Yugoslavia is from people who came to Germany to work on construction sites for not-exactly-great money, they didn't really look the fun-loving kind to me. Maybe the author was mingling mostly with upper-class people who seem to not have gotten the short end of the stick so much. (JFTR, the first time I went to Croatia at all was a couple years ago and I was not old enough in the 80s/90s to have formed a good political opinion, BUT my viewpoint is simply what I heard from only non-rich people who emigrated to Germany, and from their kids).

_xnmw 5y ago
> Weird, all I personally know from 80s Yugoslavia is from people who came to Germany to work on construction sites Selection bias. Emigrants tend to be the least happy people - there's a reason they left. Emigrants are not a good sample of the "real" native people. > My opinion now is that I don't think that this would've been a good reason to not reunite Germany Sure, borders change and sometimes countries get unified. But the OP was asking about unifying the entire world, not two sides of a neighbouring country with the same language. That is a painful thought, we should be fighting to protect cultures like we fight to protect endangered species.