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Nation states are an invention of the 19th century. Give the Middle Ages more credit.
by ginko 10y ago
Nation states are an invention of the 19th century.
Give the Middle Ages more credit.
- pklausler 10y agoSurely the U.S.A. (a 1776 result of the scientific Enlightenment responsible for every single improvement to human life, assuming that you don't want to be a disease-ridden illiterate peasant lucky to make it to your 30's) meets any reasonable categorization of a nation-state. 46% of Americans believe that humans were created in their current form sometime in the last 10,000 years by a Bronze Age deity fond of stoning. Don't even start trying to convince me that the medieval world is behind us.
- mi100hael 10y ago[Citation Needed] I realize there are some folks with their head in the sand, but I've never once met someone who actually believed that and I'm not even coastal.
- pklausler 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism
- jamiek88 10y agoCome to Texas you can meet someone every day if you like.
- pklausler 10y agoThe old joke: we could boost average living standards and educational accomplishment in two countries at the same time by giving Texas back to Mexico.
- DaiPlusPlus 10y agoRight, I'd rather live in a fiefdom.