The Burgundian thing is kind of a meme in low country circles. The Greater Netherlands is taken to its logical conclusion, partly to mock the idea of reunification, but also going back the only point when we were truly unified before it went all arwy.
thank you so much for putting this one together, some of the comments were perhaps too Belgian to realise that they were intended to be funny or too loving of Belgium to realise. i suspect most if not all of us were baffled on one hand a foreigner was willing to do this much research into it and on the other hand the éloquence and objective perspective you provided that is rare for people in the Benelux to ever realise .
I don't know if Belgium is real or not, but what I can say is that it has no purpose. It is no longer a Catholic country, so there is no reason for the Walloons and the Flemish to still be together, seeing as the main reason they stuck together was their Catholic faith, a faith no longer defended by neither the Belgian State nor the Belgian royal family. PS: I'd like to also add that Baldwin of Belgium should not be celebrated in any way, shape or form. Instead of really creating a constitutional crisis or abdicating nobly he chose to participate in the "regency" charade. He was, in the end, a coward, and should be remembered as such.
Thank you for this AM. I have been avidly studying the Burgundian state for years now, so the Benelux countries have been of particular interest.
First and I am so happy I caught the stream and was able to ask about old Belgium. Lovely stuff as usual your Apostolic Majesty!
The Burgundian thing is kind of a meme in low country circles. The Greater Netherlands is taken to its logical conclusion, partly to mock the idea of reunification, but also going back the only point when we were truly unified before it went all arwy.
thank you so much for putting this one together, some of the comments were perhaps too Belgian to realise that they were intended to be funny or too loving of Belgium to realise.
i suspect most if not all of us were baffled on one hand a foreigner was willing to do this much research into it and on the other hand the éloquence and objective perspective you provided that is rare for people in the Benelux to ever realise .
What this told me isn't that Belgium is real, but that Switzerland isn't.
Here to say belgium isnt real
I don't know if Belgium is real or not, but what I can say is that it has no purpose. It is no longer a Catholic country, so there is no reason for the Walloons and the Flemish to still be together, seeing as the main reason they stuck together was their Catholic faith, a faith no longer defended by neither the Belgian State nor the Belgian royal family.
PS: I'd like to also add that Baldwin of Belgium should not be celebrated in any way, shape or form. Instead of really creating a constitutional crisis or abdicating nobly he chose to participate in the "regency" charade. He was, in the end, a coward, and should be remembered as such.
This Is your brain on monarchism