I commented on another thread that I was told by my relatives in Slovenia that the younger generation of Slovenians are nostalgic for Tito and communism (whom they never lived under). False nostalgia can be dangerous and most people in the world have selective and short term memories.
The problem is that the have no clue as to why they are falling behind. Rather than look at the problem logically they insist on arrogantly following a failed path just to be different.
This love affair with failed socialism the Europeans have, is like that of a battered woman who continues to go back to her battering lover even if it kills her.