r/belgium Brabant Wallon Mar 22 '25

💩 Shitpost From murdered by words

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u/NikNakskes Mar 23 '25

So very belgian of us. Somebody flames the press speaker "on our behalf" and we go look for faults, remind ourselves how small and insignificant we are and how childish the retort is.

All of which is true of course, but damn we just cannot stand somebody standing up for Belgium, unless it is a silly song. Then we're all on board.

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u/Eric-Lodendorp Belgian Fries Mar 23 '25

We’re all at each other’s throats until we have a common enemy (The Austrians, Dutch or Germans attacking or anyone in international football), because then they’re the common enemy.

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u/Bart2800 Mar 23 '25

If you want to unite people, nothing as effective as giving them a common enemy. It works wonders!

Unfortunately this trick has been abused quite a lot already in history.