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"people are more closely related to others in their own nation, than to those in foreign nations." Thank you mister Obvious. But the first part of your senten
by netmonk 7y ago
"people are more closely related to others in their own nation, than to those in foreign nations." Thank you mister Obvious.
But the first part of your sentence just serves your desires by an over-simplification and reduction of the topic.
No, a nation is not a larger tribe.
Just try to explain all the atrocities which happened in Africa since colonialists retired from the continent.
Try to keep several tribes inside the same border of a nation, and see the Rwanda result... :)
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- deogeo 7y agoWhy does treating a nation as an extended tribe require explaining atrocities in Africa? If someone claimed a tribe is an extended family, would you demand he explain family feuds?
- netmonk 7y agoBecause when the central power which designed the border and defined them as a nation, is going away, old tribal tension and conflict are resurging. Leading to inter-tribe genocide. Therefore, tribalism has nothing to do with nationalism... :)
- muckrakerz 7y agoYou are missing the point. He's explicitly saying those _States_ aren't _Nations_. Hence the term "Nation-State" where a state is coterminous with a nation.