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The Peaceful Breakup of Czechoslovakia
Posted on 7/23/21 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 7/23/21 at 1:26 pm
Some striking similarities between the early 90s Czechoslovakia and us.
“The split ‘was not entirely inevitable, but the political and economic costs of keeping the country together would have been extremely high,’ pointed out Jiri Pehe, political analyst and former advisor to Vaclav Havel.”
“Although no referendum was ever held on the matter, democracy was indeed at the heart of the issue: all the problems associated with the federation of two states of unequal weight and size only appeared after the centralized, communist regime collapsed as Czechoslovakia reconnected with democracy. The decision-making paralysis and the federal government’s inability to push any significant reforms in the early 1990’s strongly contributed to the top-down decision of Klaus and Meciar.”
“Yet, the truth is slightly more complicated. Although most Czechs and Slovaks wanted to preserve Czechoslovakia, both sides yearned for a reformed, mutually incompatible version, founded on deeply-rooted historical grievances and frustrations.”
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“The split ‘was not entirely inevitable, but the political and economic costs of keeping the country together would have been extremely high,’ pointed out Jiri Pehe, political analyst and former advisor to Vaclav Havel.”
“Although no referendum was ever held on the matter, democracy was indeed at the heart of the issue: all the problems associated with the federation of two states of unequal weight and size only appeared after the centralized, communist regime collapsed as Czechoslovakia reconnected with democracy. The decision-making paralysis and the federal government’s inability to push any significant reforms in the early 1990’s strongly contributed to the top-down decision of Klaus and Meciar.”
“Yet, the truth is slightly more complicated. Although most Czechs and Slovaks wanted to preserve Czechoslovakia, both sides yearned for a reformed, mutually incompatible version, founded on deeply-rooted historical grievances and frustrations.”
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Posted on 7/23/21 at 2:07 pm to Tigerhalen
They got it right, that's how we ended up with CZ rifles.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 2:11 pm to Tigerhalen
We need to make the cost of staying together too high.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 2:34 pm to Tigerhalen
Let’s go ahead and get it out of the way. No, this is not a template for the breakup of the United States, and no, that situation is not anything like the present political situation in this country.
Unless of course your only criteria for being analogous is “groups of people within the nation disagree with each other”
Unless of course your only criteria for being analogous is “groups of people within the nation disagree with each other”
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 7/23/21 at 2:35 pm to Tigerhalen
The left doesn't want to break up, they want to dictate what the right does.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 3:17 pm to Tigerhalen
they don't want a break up. we are too valuable. IT's similar to the theory of the Matrix. If we try to leave, they will come after us. make no mistake, this is all about the power and control. Once they have complete control, they sell us out to big corporations and other countries for the money. They will sell out our lands/resources for profit, access to our info for profit, kill our industries so others can prosper for a profit. It's about putting us in a position where we can't do anything about it anymore and they are just about done with getting a stranglehold on the entire country.
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