I do share George's sentiment--I am a Western man, a European in civilizational sense. It is essentially my culture, because I am Russian and Russian culture intersects greatly with European culture, and I am not talking about arts only, I am talking about law and philosophy.
But it is over. The United States provided Europe with additional 80-years long lease on life after the WW II which was strictly European idea. This lease is up. I spoke about some ideas of removing Italy from EU, singling her out as the birthplace (together with Greece) of the Western mind.
Pepe wrote piece about Italy too. If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia.
Rome, Athens--cities which shaped human civilization for more than 2,000 years. But is there anything left to save? I don't know. I do feel for average English, Italian, French or German people, I do ... but it doesn't matter anymore because of the inexorable march of history.
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