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Must be crazy to think we pay any attention to what Croats think.
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Not really, and there's some Europeans I feel no commonality with. Historically Europe was more like 2-3 regions. There's a vague sense of Europeanness based around religion/Indo-European language (excluding a few nationalities), but that's partly thanks to islamic/turkic/arabic invasions of Anatolia/Mena/North Africa. Had these regions stayed Christian then the concept of European could have evolved to mean something different.
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Common European Identity used to exist, and it was mostly based on christianity to be honest (also on a common Greco-Roman cultural influence to a lesser extent, especially Roman law and Greek art and myths). As Europe started to become more secular, and a few European nations such as Bosniaks and Albanians mass converted to Islam during the Ottoman rule, this sort of identity started to become less meaning. Nowadays "europeaness" is pretty much a slogan pushed by pro-EU liberals who try to force the idea that "european values" are basically liberal democracy, tolerating gays, multi-culti, globohomo etc. however it is historically so wrong and cringeworthy that I don't even think it's worth debunking. Another argument for European unity could be a racial one, although it is very arbitral because many Southern Europeans could pass as Arabs and vice versa. We should remember that, without any irony, "White" is indeed a social construct, while Caucasoid race extents to MENA and even Somalia, so it is not exclusively European.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliks_Koneczny
For example, Koneczny claimed that in the Latin civilization, ethics is the source of law. If some laws are not ethical, then they are changed. Government is judged on the basis of its adherence to ethics. The law is of dual nature, divided into public and private spheres. Religion is autonomous, independent and separated from the state. Individuality, self-rule and decentralization are highly valued. Knowledge is empirical.
In the Byzantine civilization, organized religion is dependent on the state. In this type of civilization all means are justified to achieve political goals. Politicians follow ethics in private life, but in public they are judged by their skills, not by ethics. The legal government has absolute authority and its orders are not doubted. Germany under Bismarck was an example of that type of civilization.
In the Turanian civilization, the government is the source of law and ethics and stands above the law and ethics. The ruler cannot be doubted. Koneczny considered Russia under the Tsars as an example of this type of civilization.
The Jewish civilization considers the law most important. The law is the source of ethics. The law cannot be changed. However, the same law can be differently interpreted, which leads to ethical relativism. Similarly to the Brahmin or Hindu civilization, it is sacral, with religion playing a central role. According to Koneczny, one of the elements of Jewish civilization is a belief in the superior role of one nation or race. Communist states, despite their atheism, are also products of Jewish civilization.
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What is your IQ, 70?
*has no arguments to reply thus goes around with ad hominem
What you are quoting wasn't written by this new Croat member above, it was written by former Hungarian user Stears. And it seems you have 0 arguments to refute it.
In the end, you are not a European, but typical dumb Yank with lack of education.
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No, English unity does not exist let a lone European unity. English identity exists but not unity as only wars unite the English but the English have gotten good at war over time. So, I would venture to say no.
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