Kosovo has lost the essence of its identity

Kosovo has lost the essence of its identity

Today, a shallow and completely superficial language dominates in Kosovo, which has extended cruel power and is eroding a society, in the name of some boring slogans, supposedly for dignity, integrity, sovereignty and such stale formulations, reminiscent of the slow communist ideology, which has caused violence, brutality, poverty and tragedy to humanity.

Written by: Ndue Ukaj

Entering civilization is very difficult, while falling into barbarism is very easy, says the enlightened writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who, when he said this, was referring precisely to the crises of our countries.

Kosovo today has lost the essence of its identity, tolerance, and natural determination for a Western orientation, replacing these sublime values ​​with fanaticism as a political mindset and disgusting ignorance as political content.

And there is nothing more tragic than seeing your country darkening, day by day, as values ​​turn to dust and everywhere savagery flourishes, like the air and smog of heavy autumn.

Indeed, the heaviest air for a human organism, that is, for a society, are bad ideas that burn it down, just as they have begun to burn down the present of Kosovo in the name of patriotic slogans.

And now, as we near the end of 2025, and look back, we see as if in the light of day that this year, in the history of Kosovo, will be remembered as a year of savagery and primitivism, a bad year, in the most negative sense of the word. A year in which Kosovo became a cesspool, and in which the furious political mobs, similar to those bands of bandits in the Ottoman basin of Albania after independence in 1912, fought with flesh and soul to once again separate Albania from Europe.

This year I have seen and experienced such energy, everywhere, and a frightening silence in the face of this destructive momentum.

So, this evil year, in the history of Kosovo, marks the year of the fearful triumph of the non-Western mentality, a mentality fermented by Ottoman and communist legacies, which hates the sublime Western values, on the basis of which the state of Kosovo was formed.

Yes, this year, our country has moved away from Europe, and not only from it, this year, our country has lost the essence of its identity, and I am convinced that it will take years and years to return to normality.

And worst of all, this year reminds us how easily societies slide into barbarism, when people begin to abuse their freedom, glorifying vain leaders and bowing before them as if they were saints.

Yes, it is tragic to realize that no one in the normal world understands your country, to feel lonely, because its behavior is bad and unemancipated – because, between the grandiose declarations of our leaders about economic brilliance and democratic values ​​and the undemocratic and economic realities, there is an abyss, yes, an abyss that cannot be crossed easily.

Kosovo has destroyed the main engine of democracy, dialogue, which is why unprecedented cruelty is seen everywhere.

More clearly, this engine has been destroyed by fanatical power.

And a society that does not know how to dialogue risks becoming barbaric, and for this, there is universal and local evidence, as much as we want. It is enough to call on our minds a little and put logic to work.

For some time now, when I see my Kosovo suffocated by ignorance and malice, I see it in the tragedy of Llosa’s sentence, I see it lost, a country that has lost the essence of its identity, political, but not only that, every day it seems to me that it is also losing the essence of its civilized identity, becoming wilder, and I feel Llosa’s warning with fear when I see how little civilization is left, here, where savagery shows its ugly face and claws, I see it every day, here, where a terrifying madness marches forward, a madness that feeds on the basic instincts of crowds driven by hatred, and of a deaf and dumb pseudo elite, that hides, or that understands, allows or turns the emotions of the crowds into social standards.

This is tragic and a warning sign of danger, of a decline into barbarism.

Today, a shallow and completely superficial language dominates in Kosovo, which has extended cruel power and is eroding a society, in the name of some boring slogans, supposedly for dignity, integrity, sovereignty and such stale formulations, reminiscent of the slow communist ideology, which has caused violence, brutality, poverty and tragedy to humanity.

Simply put, if we remembered Faik Konica today and if we updated his terrifying question “how does Europe see us?”, we would not be able to take away almost a single word of what this erudite said more than a century ago. Yes, Europe today appears to us as an uncivilized mess, where ignorance and arrogance reign, and where, between democratic rhetoric and undemocratic behavior, there is an abyss.

And at this end of the year, suffocating, with mental and political smog, if we don’t open the windows for ventilation, and if we don’t breathe in the oxygen of Western democracy, I fear that next year will be a ghastly realization of Llosa’s warning.

After all, we have learned from history and know that the greatest crimes and injustices in human history have never been committed by ordinary gangs, but by political gangs, which are savage, corrupt, destructive and divisive in every way. Therefore, it is time to clear our eyes and see where we have fallen and what ugly mentality is leading our country.