>>45119
But the other Roman heritage also lives inside the European folks: the memory of the imperium. The empire, the unity and singleness of the universal state, the power over the world, which was achieved once, is always a lingering wish of the European nations. The imperialism is European just the same as the objection of it. And this wouldn't be an issue in itself. Empire, the real empire means only the unity of the state, the centralized structure of the society, its governance and defense, so it can incorporate different nations, without taking their national characteristics and independence as nations. An empire can be a-national or supranational. What's more, it can only be that. The point of an empire is to unite folks, nations into a common statehood, but itself is positioned above those, it isn't national but neutral in the question of nationality. National or folkish empire is impossible, oxymoron. But the European nations bears the curse of their own origin. They grew out of tribes, they developed enclosed inside, so they find the community ideal which has a folkish, ethnical unity. Their ideal country is dwelled by one folk, their state is nation state, where the state power serves one nation that grew out from one folk. The flame of their imperialism isn't flared by the imperial idea, but the supremacy of their nation. This is a false and illegitimate imperialism. It is against the spirit of Europe. Its intention is creating a Europe where one folk, one nation lives in one state, or at least one folk and one nation rules over the others, those oppressed in their ethnical characteristics, doomed to death in their national aspirations. The imperialism of the European nations and the violent assimilation, or oppressive ethnical politics, goes hand in hand. This is why Europe's cultural unity cannot turn into the unity of statehood, imperum. Only into confederacy.