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Either our current conception of the nation state changes, or civilization dies violently. Meanwhile, the New York Times front page is filled with discussion o
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Either our current conception of the nation state changes, or civilization dies violently.
Meanwhile, the New York Times front page is filled with discussion of Iran and not a thing about climate collapse.
- nostrademons 7y ago> Either our current conception of the nation state changes, or civilization dies violently. This doesn't seem like an either/or to me. IMHO the most likely outcome is that our conception of the nation state will change just as civilization dies violently. Same event - just as the nation state was born out of war, it'll die in war. This doesn't necessarily mean that all of humanity is going to die. Rather our conception of what it means to be "civilized" - which for most people is synonymous with "developed nation" - will die, and there will be new social organizing principles with new dominant technologies.
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