So dutch/flemish gets systemic discrimination, that's far worse than individual cases lol. And what old nobility does Belgium still have besides some autist king without any power?
Also friend says it's over for Belgium in 2024 or atleast on the brink of death. The right wing parties will have enough votes to form a coalition or the coalition of loser parties continues but of course that's not a long term viable option to run a country...
I called it. Your friend is a Flemish nationalist, separatist coper. Belgium will never split, as that requires federal constitutional change ( a supermajority in parliament ), thus, no matter how many votes the right wing parties get, why would the Walloons ever decide to split up ?
The old nobility still have power by the way, just not overtly. They're deeply entrenched in many powerful, lucrative sectors, especially banking. ( It's also still tradition for the king to elevate successful people into nobility )
Most of the rich also give French names to their children not Flemish ones, and send them to Christian private schools where French is still spoken and/or extensively taught
That's the true source of resentment the Flemish people feel for the Francophones/Walloons: being ruled by the French for hundreds of years, and then, after a belated independence, being ruled by a Francophone elite — which in many ways still continues to this day
Sure the recent electoral successes of separatist parties have changed the political landscape, but not the
underlying power structures, and that's precisely why they're still being ruled by a coalition government of loser parties (That and the "cordon sanitaire " which is an agreement between the traditional factions to never form a coalition with the biggest right-wing party in Flanders)
Now, assuming in 2024 the separatists
score even higher, the only thing they can do is unconstitutionally declare independence