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Originally Posted by Awar
We're talking about some ancient issues which nobody living has a honestly clear idea about ( and it's not clear if these really are ancient issues ).
When it comes to Germany and Austria, it's more clear-cut,
but, when it's some other areas, especially Balkans, it's ridiculous to discuss these irrational statements.
I think countries like Bulgaria or Serbia, or whatever should focus on building roads,
removing corruption from their institutions, investing in healthcare, in science, technology, not dreams about conquering "some tobacco fields and goats".
It's not an issue of ethnicity anymore, but of rational thought and survival.
Of what use is beating such a dead horse? The only interest in such rivalries
could be found by Turks, or some other larger nation/empire/faction.
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Thats certainly correct. I wouldnt say such things should have any priority for anybody on the Balkans, that was not what I wanted to say.
But from an objective point of view, ethno-linguistically speaking, its clear what the Slavic Macedonians are: A Bulgarian tribe.
Now its possible to complicate matters with details, but from if looking at the big picture things are clear and if Macedonia would have come to Bulgaria for a longer time they would have been fully integrated and except the Albanian minority almost indistinguishable probably.
What you do with this knowledge and how you make real policy now? Thats another question...
But to found artificial identities out of nothing in Austria, in Macedonia, in Moldova etc. is just joke, is just unnatural to me and of course it doesnt make any sense for the people there nor Europe as a whole to further split identities until you have just small regions left which then, on the other hand, should be open to global markets and migrations.
Of course serious disputes or even wars about such things, are the last things the Balkan needs at the moment or at any time probably, agreed.