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"The point is that we will lose this war," says historian and MP Teemu Keskisarja (ps) in a panel discussion organized by the Finnish Union in Oodi on November 25, 2024. The topic of the panel is the Finnish language and the Finnish mind, and the main plot is to consider whether these national treasures are drifting into distress - and if so, what can be done. "Yes, we still have a mother tongue, but English is the father's language here, and the elite mostly expect the father to give a whip to the butt", downloads Keskisarja and the audience bursts into applause. The middle class is accompanied and sometimes challenged by two speakers who are at least as sutsy and learned, professor Janne Saarikivi from the University of Helsinki and theologian, MP Pekka Aittakumpu (ps).