Anonymous
8/21/2025, 8:46:05 PM
No.24657682
>>24657054
>>24657104
>>24657110
There are three parts of Brussels
>the Moroccan-immigrant: Scharbeek, Anderlecht, the train stations
>the tourist Brussels: all of the old town
>and then there is the EU Brussels: Ixelles, Louise, Saint Gilles, Etterbeek, Leopold
You simply didn't go to the EU part and probably even lived in the Moroccan part, which is your own fault. No one here would deny how nice it is to live and relax Ixelles and the area.
In 20-50 years if the EU remains intact and Brussels gains relevance, then more areas will become gentrified and the beautiful late 19th century city will bloom again and be one of the top European destinations.
>>24656805
Whenever I hear such non-conformist federalist talk the Bismarck quote on the dilemma of German unity always enters my mind:
>"Not by speeches and majority resolutions will the great questions of the day be decided, but by iron and blood"
The EU is struggling often because too strong nationalist tendencies still exist in every head of state, and they are not keen on giving it up. The US had its biggest war over state's rights in a Union all had joined at their inception. What it will take for actual former nation states to surrender their power to a federal system will be a whole new beast. Napoleon tried to unify his Europe; Wilhelm II mused with a German version of this; maybe a Franco-German united effort can wrest this power from the other states into a European "Federal System" originated by these two countries.
>>24657104
>>24657110
There are three parts of Brussels
>the Moroccan-immigrant: Scharbeek, Anderlecht, the train stations
>the tourist Brussels: all of the old town
>and then there is the EU Brussels: Ixelles, Louise, Saint Gilles, Etterbeek, Leopold
You simply didn't go to the EU part and probably even lived in the Moroccan part, which is your own fault. No one here would deny how nice it is to live and relax Ixelles and the area.
In 20-50 years if the EU remains intact and Brussels gains relevance, then more areas will become gentrified and the beautiful late 19th century city will bloom again and be one of the top European destinations.
>>24656805
Whenever I hear such non-conformist federalist talk the Bismarck quote on the dilemma of German unity always enters my mind:
>"Not by speeches and majority resolutions will the great questions of the day be decided, but by iron and blood"
The EU is struggling often because too strong nationalist tendencies still exist in every head of state, and they are not keen on giving it up. The US had its biggest war over state's rights in a Union all had joined at their inception. What it will take for actual former nation states to surrender their power to a federal system will be a whole new beast. Napoleon tried to unify his Europe; Wilhelm II mused with a German version of this; maybe a Franco-German united effort can wrest this power from the other states into a European "Federal System" originated by these two countries.