Re: Are Nordic/Germanic members backseat passengers here?
Hard to explain, perhaps not.
There is a.. let us call it an ethno-regional conflict in Europe as far as nationalist politics are concerned which, although it derives from a an existing ethnic issue/differences, it is artificially provoked and purposedly driven to unsuspected limits. It lies within the Nordic/Germanic spectrum.
"Plan A" would be based on the fact that the chance for nationalism in one country alone, or even a small group of countries, to gain success in Europe are zero or next to zero, without a wider support coming from other countries. This is a hard fact.
"Plan B" is based on [the also a fact] that cooperation with an identified groups is not possible and less so desirable. Therefore all efforts, well intentioned as they be, are a waste which only drains you out in the end. You know what you have to do when one part of a body is gangrened.
It is not an ideal solution, but it is at least a way out to a possible solution.
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