Zoran Zaev a different perspective
I was watching a documentary about Bulgaria regarding its EU membership and its slow move to liberalism. It touched on topics such as the 90s economic collapse and nationalism in BG. It elaborated on the wars that Bulgaria lost for Macedonia and on how modern Bulgarians have moved away from nationalism and they didn't get involved in the Balkan wars of the 90s..
This documentary got me thinking. Whilst national, cultural and religious interests are expendable for the Zoran Zaev government, I ask the following questions;
A) Could a liberal name/symbol changed Eu member bi national state bring stability and economic improvement in Macedonia at the expense of the Macedonian national state?
B) Could ZZ destroy the ethnic based party system in MKD by implementing a bi national state and appeasing EU Greek/Albanian demands and gaining entry to the EU/NATO
C) Are SDSM simply living in reality and can see the writing on the wall?, Macedonian TFR is amongst the lowest in the world, divorce is on the rise and emigration is high, you can't foster nationalist policies with no people. National groups have been disappearing and will continue to disappear, why would we be any different?
I've been been to BG, streets from east to west have Macedonian names, though the people I came across didnt give a crap about nationalism. Same scenario in Agean Macedonia. The macos especially the younger generation are not interested, what's important is making a living. Hence the above queries.
I was watching a documentary about Bulgaria regarding its EU membership and its slow move to liberalism. It touched on topics such as the 90s economic collapse and nationalism in BG. It elaborated on the wars that Bulgaria lost for Macedonia and on how modern Bulgarians have moved away from nationalism and they didn't get involved in the Balkan wars of the 90s..
This documentary got me thinking. Whilst national, cultural and religious interests are expendable for the Zoran Zaev government, I ask the following questions;
A) Could a liberal name/symbol changed Eu member bi national state bring stability and economic improvement in Macedonia at the expense of the Macedonian national state?
B) Could ZZ destroy the ethnic based party system in MKD by implementing a bi national state and appeasing EU Greek/Albanian demands and gaining entry to the EU/NATO
C) Are SDSM simply living in reality and can see the writing on the wall?, Macedonian TFR is amongst the lowest in the world, divorce is on the rise and emigration is high, you can't foster nationalist policies with no people. National groups have been disappearing and will continue to disappear, why would we be any different?
I've been been to BG, streets from east to west have Macedonian names, though the people I came across didnt give a crap about nationalism. Same scenario in Agean Macedonia. The macos especially the younger generation are not interested, what's important is making a living. Hence the above queries.
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