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Vlado posted...

Ah, so that's where you're coming from? You think I feel "white guilt" despite Bulgaria having been the victim of imperialism (Muslim, to boot)... And that my solution is that different peoples should have their own countries so that I no longer feel that guilt... It's not very sound logic, but I can't expect much more from you. I can at least try to process it.

You are two-sided so there's a little more to it.

The origins of your nationalism are in survival and protection from communism. That much makes sense and it's 100% different from other European or American nationalism. However, you do massively empathize with western white guilt nationalism. The vast majority of your nationalist energy clearly comes from western sources, especially the US, DESPITE the fact that the fundamental core of your nationalism is bulgarian survival.

This is extremely common though. Propagandists will take your tiny, real motivation, and build from it into whatever the hell they want. It works super well with religious fundamentalists in the US, union workers, poor people in general. Anyone who questions 99% of your beliefs (which are pure propaganda) can easily be rejected by pointing to that core 2+2=4 foundation of truth.

But if you truly can control your own thoughts, how about this: keep all your bulgarian anti-communism, and drop all the other shit that you surround yourself with every day.
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2 + 2 = 4