Who cares...?

Ever since Syriza won the elections in Greece, I suspected the best thing they could do was get on the phone with anyone other than European countries - Russia, China, India... Iran, if necessary. Invest all their effort into forging new partnerships and prepare for inevitably being kicked out of the Euro.

If Tsipras tried this at the very beginning and failed, no fault there, I guess. If he didn't, if he believed he could change Europe, and only started considering alternatives recently... in that case, I lack adjectives...

Me? I have no illusions about Moscow, but, these days, I have even less illusions about Berlin. And, at least, Putin speaks his mind directly, he doesn't use other countries to deliver his messages.

It's curious... when Portugal joined the EEC, I looked up to the BRD (or RFA, in Portuguese), central Europe, Scandinavia, the UK... pretty much everyone in there was way better than Portugal; I admired those countries, and I felt proud to be accepted in such a community.

Time went by, and even before 2011, I had already concluded this was no community. I had yet to vote against Europe, but I knew it would take a miraculous turn of events for me to vote for Europe.

Today? AFAIC, the sooner Portugal leaves the Euro and the EU, the better. Yes, I know, my income will fall drastically. Yes, there is a high probability that I'll lose my job.

I don't care. I don't really feel a sense of belonging about Portugal, so my attitude doesn't originate in some idealistic nationalism. However, while I don't really feel that sense of belonging about Portugal, I feel a huge sense of shame about being European.

I can't do much about the former, but I'll sure use my vote to solve the latter.

Where would Portugal turn to? Like I said, Russia, China... Angola. What's that? Terrible company, you say? Yes, I know. But if there's one thing I've suspected since 2011 and these past 6 months confirmed, is that the EU, in all its unending civilized superiority, is no better.