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Originally Posted by MothBalls
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I actually had him on my ignore list once, and as time goes on, he starts to make sense. Don't know who changed, him or me, or if he changed me. Many of his writings would probably make for a high traffic intellectual blog.
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Neither of you, or neither of us in this case. The world around us changed.
A long long time ago, I can still remember, we had it good in the EU. The euro brought to my country a new sense of stability. It was more stable than our prevoius tolar. Altough the prices went up, so did the salaries (if that rise was proportionate we will not discuss). There was a time when 100 000 SIT (tolar) was considered a decent wage, todays €500 (about same) is considered below poverty line. Traveling was easier, gone were the long lines at customs, exchange offices were visited only for the trips to Croatia. We were happy, Sky was pesimistic. Or was it we were blind, Sky was aware.
Now everything is going the way of the dodo. I didn't believe in Sky's evil EU overlord until myself got that strange feeling that Brussels is trying to tell us what to do. We went to war in 1991 to get Belgrade of our backs. Those subtle little ''laws'' that most people don't notice, but more alert ones think: what's next?? I wonder if Sky's pesimism was just pesimism or he saw it all in advance.
We can hardly keep ourselves afloat but we keep saving others, taxes go to people that their function is running a country, only there is no country, like havng two administrations to feed (another reason for 1991). Prices go up faster than wages. European prices, balkan wages is the saying here. And millions still pour over the border, millions we don't even have, it's all borrowed money.
I'm still in favor of the EU, but only as the open border, one currency entity. Not that political integration (khm 1991 khm). When I can drive from home to Paris without stopping and changing currency and then making a turn for Berlin and still get there with no hastle. But that dream would have to give in to reality if things get worse. A step back so we don't fall back.
The problem with todays world is that pesimists are realists