Is it normal not to feel that you belong to a country?

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I kept thinking about where I belonged. My home is in Europe, yes, and I was born there, yes, but my contemporary family history says otherwise and I don't feel I belong to this country where I live.

Perhaps I am much more Western than most think, or more Eastern. (Okay, when I think about China and Korea, probably more the West.) Maybe I belong in the north, or maybe I belong in the south.

And when I think about it, I usually knock back a few beers at home (Pubs are unfortunately closed for me as I'm not willing to wear a mask and getting vaccinated. Maybe it's better that way. I just keep causing trouble there. And I can't wait for the late hours for a drink or two, or seven..) and can't get rid of this feeling of not belonging, which I can still suppress in everyday life to the extent that I'm not permanently useless.

I am aware that this is not my only problem, but somehow it doesn't make it any better.

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  • Clunk42
    2 years ago

    Yeah, and I'm a feudalist living in a country with private land ownership. You've got to live somewhere.

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    • RoseIsabella
      2 years ago

      Feudalism?

      It's not normal to think you belong in North Korea!

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      • Clunk42
        2 years ago

        North Korea is something close to a command economy. The government controls land, labor, and capital. America, on the other hand, is far closer to a market economy, in which the government has a relatively small amount of control over land, labor, and capital. Under feudalism, the government has control of land, but the people still have control over labor and capital. It is not comparable to North Korea.

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