Post by Emperor AAdmin on Dec 2, 2021 11:24:06 GMT -5
Balkan obsession with Genetics
Balkan Odyssey
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The obsession with genetics and genealogy is a very prevalent phenomenon among
Eastern Europeans. Yet there is something much more sinister than the innocent
interest in one’s ethnic roots, something rooted within more serious political dogmas
that covertly plagues the average Balkan mind.
At face value, there’s nothing inherently wrong with having an interest in the genetic
makeup and origins of your ancestors. Yet when politically instrumentalized, this
harmless interest turns into a dangerous obsession, one that inevitably leads to
pseudo-scientific attempts at proving the supposed genetic supremacy of one given
group over another, paving the path to tribalist and inevitably fascist narratives.
Autochthony is an incredibly fetishised word by Balkan contemporaries, often used to
justify territorial claims- suggesting the endemic and indigenous character of the given
nation. These claims are often pseudo-scientific and disingenuous in their nature, as the
undeniable factual claims are injected with shaky evidence and outright lies - all with
the mission to justify the connection between the said nation and some ancient
indigenous group of tribes, whose genetic makeup is deemed superior to that of what’s
officially associated with that nation.
In the following minutes, we will take a look at the plethora of origin theories which
have materialised in this part of the world - some of which are officially accepted by
the local academia and some absolutely insane ones, which were unsurprisingly turned
into memes.
♪ Music ♫
Al Marconi - Dark & Moody Spanish Guitar Music
►Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:39 Serbs
6:51 Albanians
9:08 Bulgarians
10:35 Macedonians
11:43 Bosniaks
13:18 Croatians
15:12 Conclusion