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That’s an arbitrary definition of a country. You might as well say that you can’t have a country unless every has the exact same religion and skin color (which
by esoterica 7y ago
That’s an arbitrary definition of a country. You might as well say that you can’t have a country unless every has the exact same religion and skin color (which some people still believe, and is about as morally coherent as your idea of what a country is).
- deogeo 7y agoIt's not a definition of country, but your country. It can still be a country, but if you share it with the whole world, it's not yours.
- geofft 7y agoIt's not shared with the whole world, it's shared with people of the same race. The historical definition of a "nation" (note the nat- Latin root, of "birth") is in fact a race. Many countries (as in the political entities) offer easier paths to citizenship to people of a certain ethnic background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis#Leges_sanguinis_states_today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis#Leges_sanguinis_...
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