(November 8, 2023 at 10:38 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Do you feel that you're part of the living tradition you were by fortune born into.
A European in a socialized Europe, well after the wars for me to have a peaceful life, well into the global market for me to get cheap ass products... yeah, I was fortunate to be born here.
(November 8, 2023 at 10:38 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: For example, I am very much English. Do I feel English? Do I feel some commonality with my immediate ancestors, or my wider culture, my history, my nation, my ethnicity etc.?
My ancestors were nobodies from some villages in the North of Portugal... I'm a city boy... also a nobody, I guess.