The benevolent king, far of his people-perhaps re was still in Grimm's Thrush. In fairy tale, King is always far of clan, seldom a wicked, often a good, sometimes a people's head, but better a common understanding. He keeps people toger and inspires confidence.

What works in fairy tale is becoming more and more rare in reality. In Spain, king has just lost part of his people and, with a legalistic speech, reinforced fear of a division of country. In Britain, monarch was silent when Scots wanted to create divided kingdom, or when British sought out of EU. This self-decreed restraint did not help eir. Wher king is president or Prime Minister: if divisive in a State structure is growing, n reconciliation is becoming increasingly rare.

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Each separatist movement follows its own drive: historical pain, political injustice, oppression, deprivation, disrespect. A decomposition movement is based on a deep wrath, rage on ruling system, one above, or even more vague: circumstances. You want it better, easier, more manageable. You want to have it for yourself.

Separatism is refore half-bror of nationalism and isolationism. All three types of hedgehog politics unite deep need for autonomy and self-sufficiency. The detachment from rest of world, return to oneself, seems to offer something comforting: security, about manageability, self-determination.

It is not surprising that separatism, isolationism and even nationalism are celebrating economic events at a time that is perceived by many people as an overexposure. From Erbil to Ingolstadt, political leadership promises clarity and truth. "America First" exists all over world.

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No matter wher, as in case of Kurdish separatism, re is an ethnic basic need, or wher-as in case of Bavarian CSU- demarcation serves self-preservation: columnists usually capitulate to complexity of community. In Barcelona, this is no different: The Spanish nation calls for too many compromises from Catalan perspective. So secessionists promise better conditions in autonomy. The pride must be very strong in order to ignore risks of this detachment.

Those who are looking at political books of bookstores in se days will receive German variety of this attempt: "What is German", "Memories of a Nation", " Germans and ir nation", "Homeland Earth" are titles that apparently Profound self-doubts and need for lasting witnesses. This is astonishing for a country that has seen itself as a post-national in better moments and which historical experience of identity and Farland should have sufficiently driven yearning for hollow phrases.

Date Of Update: 05 October 2017, 12:08