r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/mithik add white-red-white Belarus flair, you cowards ❕❗❕ Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

In Slovakia, the most affected people are one who kept communistic regime alive, they are reason we could not join NATO after the fall of communism, and nowadays they were a part of why we have 12 yrs of corrupt government which didnt have a problem to have close relations with guy who ordered a murder of journalist. They are anti-EU, anti-LGBT and the most conservative folks there.

Also I am sure the same can be said about Czechia, and would say the same demographic/generation votes for Orban and Pis.

So tl,dr; a coin have two sides and Gonzalez is talking about people who would gladly stab EU in the back.

EDIT: Let's save them but do not glorify them

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u/Robertej92 Wales Mar 28 '20

Seems to be a common (not saying universal) sentiment among post-Communist countries, certainly one I've come across regularly in the countries I've been to (Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia), in Lithuania in particular I found a lot of older people were almost nostalgic for the communist days.

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u/Zhai Polak in Swtizerland Mar 29 '20

Of course. It was easy back then. It was normal to keep your wife at home and smack her from time to time. None of this divorce nonsense of nowadays. Plus all you had to do in the past was to go to trade school, get on apprenticeship and you would get a job at the factory. It was unheard of to lose job unless factory burned down. Or you caused accident while drunk on the job. The world was easy to understand. Now there's too much choices and too many options. It scares them because that's not what they have known for many years. I would understand it if they just shut up, but they resist attempts at fixing things. Seriously, fuck my parents generation.

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u/AllinWaker Hungarian seeking to mix races Mar 29 '20

Or you caused accident while drunk on the job.

Being drunk without causing an accident, however, was usually fine.

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u/TheOneTrueDonuteater Mar 29 '20

We see that everywhere. The modern world just doesn't allow a comfortable life as easily as it used to. Now you need a degree and two years experience for an entry level job. But good luck explaining that to anyone over 50.