One of the mechanisms often used by the human psyche is displacement. What the mind does not want to accept, it displaces, pushes out to the subconscious, or outright denies it. Instead of what was pushed out, wishful thinking appears. It is good to be clear about this sometimes, simply in order to live like a human being. It’s unpleasant to admit, but the Latvian state, both the first and the current one, is a product of a coincidence.The first one was born out of a revolution and the main goal of any revolution, as the word itself indicates, is to overthrow and destroy. The founding of the current Latvian state was, again, a result of a revolution, not velvet,