Europe goes back to the Middle Ages: Map shows how patchwork continent would look if every

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 17, 2014 | Sam Webb

[C19fan]

This map shows how Europe would look if every separatist movement was granted its dream of independence. With the Scottish referendum just days away, the issue of regions breaking away from their traditional rulers is looming large over the continent. The map features well-known separatist movements, such as the powerful and vocal Basque Nationalist movement in northern Spain and southwestern France, as well as the more obscure, such as the Savoyan League, which supports the independence of the Savoy region of France, which has a population of around 405,500.

[kabar]

For those who think that culture, language, and borders don't matter, they should look at Europe and the rest of the world.

Our political class ignores what mass immigration, legal and illegal, will do to the US. They preach multiculturalism and diversity as strengths. The reality is that we are destroying the fabric of this country that will lead eventually to Balkanzation along racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural lines.

In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born; today, it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history.

[Go_Raiders]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the book by Ian Fleming.

[BenLurkin]

And, due to their small sizes, all easier for the mega-state to dominate.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Chitty chitty Bang-Bang.

[Oatka]

They plaque unsuspecting welcoming neighbors, then start complaining that natives won’t speak Russian, therefore everything must become Russia. Beware of Trojan Horses and Russian tourists.

Sounds like another bunch that is busy colonizing Michigan.

[BwanaNdege]

[Mister Da]

I’m not so sure carving up countries into smaller ones is a bad thing.

Big government has not proved to be the solution for the people. It fosters corruption on a massive scale. It encourages the formation of a ruling class. It is totally detached from the will of the people. It wastes enormous amounts of money. It bullies states, counties, cities, & the people.

[Gumdrop]

While they are at it, they ought to give Luxembourg back all the land that was stolen from them in 1815 (the Districit of Bitburg in the Rheinland and in 1839, the Canton of Luxembourg which was given to the new country of Belgium.

The little country was divided so that their land mass was only about 40% of what it hade been and the population was also only about 35-40% of what it ought to be. The people of these places still speak the Letzeburgesh language. This was done by larger European countries without any consultation with - or voting of the Luxembourg population.

[Gumdrop]

Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang

[T-Bone Texan]

"...I bet most of you would be unionists then. No sane person wants to see their own country fall to pieces..."

More and more, people care less about their country, and more about their nation.

That is probably a good thing. Countries are artificial political constructs. Nations are organic and natural.

[MoochPooch]

They preach multiculturalism and diversity as strengths. The reality is that we are destroying the fabric of this country that will lead eventually to Balkanzation along racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural lines.

I saw this coming long ago. Or rather, Lincoln: "A house divided cannot stand." A country is not defined merely by geography, but by a dominant, shared culture & value system.

Paradoxically, it is the liberals who are going to suffer the most. Diversity was caused by their extreme individualism, lack of loyalty to anything, and hatred of structure and authority. However, they need a dominant culture to prop them up while they're off doing their own thing -- at the same time demanding validation.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan.

[MattinNJ]

Really? I was conservative since birth and am largely Bavarian. I am interested in the reasons for your opinion since I am ignorant on that point and would be fascinated to learn about it. Fregards

[wideawake]

I am interested in the reasons for your opinion

(1) Of all the places I've assisted at Mass in Western Europe, Masses in Bavaria have been the best attended.

(2) In Munich I am always impressed by how clean, well-behaved, and industrious people are - especially in such a large, cultured city. Munchners seem to care about their city with deeds, not words.

(3) Bavaria is one of the few places in Europe where my wife and I have received favorable, unsolicited comments from strangers about our sizeable family (in Paris, Rome, Barcelona it is just stares and heads shaking).

(4) Most conversations I've had with Bavarians have indicated an attitude more favorable to common sense, hard work, and liberal economics; and less favorable towards fashionable ideas, affectation, and socialism.