The EU also has become this fictional bastion of “antinationalism” and “world openess” and whatever lib fantasy mélange of working bureaucracy dutch bike lane urbanism and law committees is.
Yes, there is a colossal amount of myth-making surrounding the EU. The pro-EU indoctrination starts early in school where, by curriculum, the EU is portrayed exclusively in positive, glorifying terms and a lot of time is devoted to teaching children that the EU is “the best thing since sliced bread”, to borrow an American expression.
Political views that are implanted that early in life by an institution that you trust implicitly to accurately teach you about the world can be very hard to break, and a lot of people have formed strong emotional attachments to the EU’s mythology as a result. It’s modern Germany’s version of nationalist-patriotic indoctrination of the youth.
a lot of people have formed strong emotional attachments to the EU’s mythology as a result
To the extent that they defend it in every topic they come across. From Moldova to the pig lobby in Denmark and homelessness in between.
Discussions about the EU starts to show signs of religious fundamentalism.
The EU also has become this fictional bastion of “antinationalism” and “world openess” and whatever lib fantasy mélange of working bureaucracy dutch bike lane urbanism and law committees is.
Yes, there is a colossal amount of myth-making surrounding the EU. The pro-EU indoctrination starts early in school where, by curriculum, the EU is portrayed exclusively in positive, glorifying terms and a lot of time is devoted to teaching children that the EU is “the best thing since sliced bread”, to borrow an American expression.
Political views that are implanted that early in life by an institution that you trust implicitly to accurately teach you about the world can be very hard to break, and a lot of people have formed strong emotional attachments to the EU’s mythology as a result. It’s modern Germany’s version of nationalist-patriotic indoctrination of the youth.
To the extent that they defend it in every topic they come across. From Moldova to the pig lobby in Denmark and homelessness in between. Discussions about the EU starts to show signs of religious fundamentalism.