
Originally Posted by
Chrisco
Welcome to Mindset Ireland:
A place where you can rail against bankers for breaking the rules and bankrupting the country, and deify a man who broke the rules and bankrupted himself (leaving you to pick up the tab) because he 'brought jobs'.
I think I am starting to understand the violent nationalist tradition better: because it is increasingly clear to me that nationalism is a very weak force in Ireland. Irish people have little loyalty to 'the nation'. Most wanted the Brits out, sure, but only inasmuch as it affected their area. No-one in Ireland is prepared to forego anything for the common wealth or the national good if it means their county sits with an egg less, and they are happy to see 'their man' screw over the rest of us to make sure that doesn't happen (enter, stage left Messrs. Lowry, Quinn, Wallace, Haughey, Ahern etc. etc. etc.)