| barneystinson69 said: That's my point, NATIONAL culture. Every European state has that now. But do you think with millions of immigrants with different value's coming in, that'll remain the same? Look at how many places don't even say "merry christmas" because they may offend someone. I still believe in such value's, but many don't seem to bother anymore. The reason we have modern society is because of nationalism. Otherwise, we'd still be split into fuedal states that would be run by kings and going nowhere. |
National culture? What is this? The 19th century? Do you still believe in imagined communities?
A national culture is something state tried to reach in the 19th century to use to mobilize their citizens. It's a pure fallacy the day of today. Take for example Belgium. No one says we have one national culture, but 2, a flemish and a walloon. But that's simply not true. There is such a large diversity between every part and city of Belgium that our national culture is diversity. That's not always an easy thing, but it has always been this way for the crossroads of Europe. There are no homogenous societies in the EU anymore.
