Diasporas (the life of people displaced from their homeland) can last a long time. But, there can come a time when as if by a signal, the diaspora begins to coalesce. Each diaspora behaves differently.
The Jewish diaspora.
The Jews were displaced from their homeland and settled in various countries in Europe, some even went to Africa and the Far East. Then at the end of the 1800s the time has arrived for the diaspora to coalesce once again and re-form their ancient homeland. Whether you believe that it was God's will for that to happen (and I happen to believe that it was) it happened against all odds.
The Russian diaspora.
Russia's diaspora arose from the simple fact: Russia has no natural barriers that provide it with a defense. Strong armies from Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, France and Germany could penetrate the country as far as their supply trains would allow until humbled by the weather and a resurgent Russian army. So, the Russian State came up with a strategy of continuous expansion as a means of defending itself. The push to the West and the South had served not only as a source of wars, but it spread Russians over the Ukraine and the Baltic states as well as in Central Asia. After the fall of the Soviet Union, millions of Russians were stranded outside of Russia. No wonder Mr Putin refers to the fall of the Soviet Union as the worst day of his life. It is not the brutality of the Communist regime Mr Putin misses but he regrets the formation of the Russian diaspora. His policies should be viewed as an attempt to restore the diaspora in an enlarged Rodina.
The Germanic diaspora.
The Germanic diaspora is a work in progress. Its proponents have tried to form it and were successful partially. The German homeland reached its zenith under Chancellor Hitler, but led to disastrous results. Germans in Austria have a separate country, the Germans of the Sudetenland have been ethnically cleansed by the Czechs and Eastern Prussia has become part of Poland. The incomplete attempts to form the Germanic homeland has been a destabilizing factor and remains a potential flash point for the future.
The Hungarian diaspora.
Hungarians fought the Germans to prevent the formation of a German State (in the 900s). Hungarian is a descendent of the Sumerian language and is the oldest spoken language. The Hungarian State under St Steven the I, was made an Apostolic State responsible for the defense of Europe and Christianity. It was a multinational country. The Germans and the English made it a priority to dismember Hungary, so they could impose their own rule in Europe. The Treaty of Trianon dismembered Hungary , putting 2/3 of its territory and 1/3 of the Hungarian population into a diaspora. The intellectual effort to recapture the Nation's history is under way. A buffer is needed between the Russians vs the Germans, French and English to insure a just peace in Europe.
Monday, April 21, 2014
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