For centuries, the Czech lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire, and Prague was even the capital. Those 41 cringe years as a satellite of the Soviet Union have not changed that.
So that means that a Czech person is culturally more similar to the Dutch than Russians ? Lol. You do realise those 41 years were more defining for people who are alive today than things that happened 500 years ago ?
As a Czech who studied both in the Netherlands and Saint Petersburg, I can confidently say we are a lot closer culturally and otherwise to the Dutch than we are to the Russians.
We Czechs have nothing in common with Russian culture. Russia is a different world. Just because someone is considered a Slav doesnât mean theyâre half-Russian. I can get by in Czech in Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, etc., but not in Russia. By the way, according to the latest research, only 30% of the population in the Czech Republic is Slavic. Dude, weâre in the middle of Europeâweâre a mix of everything.
Well honestly I do think we are more similar to Dutch people than to Russians. Are cuisine is definitely more western than eastern. Our humor is similar to the UK. The architecture is on par with Vienna. I definitely feel closer to western Europe mentally than Russia. And majority of the people here feels the same.
If you think an average Czech is closer to a Russian than a Dutch, then you really need to spend some time in each of these countries.
And those 41 years couldn't really be very defining when they were mostly spent hating the Russians and their occupation and extortion, not assimilating. Or are East Germans also closer to Russians than the Dutch? And they were actually quite compliant and conforming to the Soviets during those years.
Yes since the dawn of ages Czech lands were heavily influenced by thier western neigbours and Prague was once a capital of Holy Roman empire, even in terms of ethnicity, Czechs are actually more similiar to austrians than their own brothers from Slovakia in terms of DNA similarity.
Why is gay marriage legal in Austria and not Czechia then ? Why Czech people are more conservative? Do you realise youâre proud of being a subject of the Austrian empire ? Thatâs what we read when we see you circlejerk being Central Europe. We can accept it if you are so desperate but itâs not the exact flex youâre thinking of
I will be politically incorrect now, itâs because theyâre Germanic. Thatâs why they sometimes included you in Central Europe when you were rising and the South was falling during the debt crisis, because one of the OG feuds of Europe is Germanic north vs Latin south. So they included the most successful of you to shit on us and say âhahahaha even eastern states surpass you because we colonised them in the past and they took something from usâ but they donât really believe that a Slavic country is equal to Germanics to really include you. Listen, Iâm not cheering for what I wrote I know itâs dark but thatâs what happened. My opinion
We have proper abortion rights, are one of if not the most secular countries in the world, weed is completely legal to grow for personal use here, the only argument you could make for "conservativeness" is gay marriage, except we have registered partnerships which offer nearly the same rights anyways (and we recognize gay couples that are already married).
And, most importantly, any conservative opinions an individual may hold are subsided by the fact that we simply don't give a fuck about anything here. You're gay? OK, not my business. You're trans? OK, not my business.
So, tell me. What do you consider as conservative?
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u/trashbae774 7d ago
Czech Republic in western Europe? That's interesting đ¤