What the hell are The Balkans, anyway?
I mean, I get that it’s a geographical region, but who decided that those particular 8 countries would comprise it?
Did all of 8 them just suddenly and simultaneously decide, “ok, we’re The Balkans now…”?
I wonder if 7 of the 8 were like, “yeah, let’s do it,” but North Macedonia was like, “eh, no thanks, fellas.”
What would they have done? I bet they would’ve just said, “look, dude—you’re right in the middle of all of us. You’re gonna have to just sort of deal with this, because this is what we’re doing. This is what’s happening. M’kay? Why do you always have to be such a pain in our a**es, North Macedonia? You’re such a wet blanket on our collective political dreams and aspirations…”
I don’t know.
Maybe North Macedonia was actually the brainchild of the whole thing—I really don’t know. It’s possible.
Anything’s possible when you approach it with absolutely no knowledge.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
