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> The interviews indicate that the attack was not the work of a nation-state or a sophisticated group of hackers. So it was not the work of "a state in which a
by dry_soup 6y ago
> The interviews indicate that the attack was not the work of a nation-state or a sophisticated group of hackers.
So it was not the work of "a state in which a great majority shares the same culture and is conscious of it"?
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- dragonwriter 6y ago“narion-state” is frequently used to denote independently and supremely sovereign participants in the Westphalian system, the principal actors in and subjects of modern international law, to distinguish from other uses of the term “state” alone, which can also refer to subordinate political entities (such a those within the USA or México.) “Soveriegn state” has a similar problem to “state” alone (US states are described as “sovereign”, as well.) “Westphalian state” would probably be somewhat more clear than “nation-state”, but the use is so well established that I don't imagine it changing.
- im3w1l 6y agoI think the only reason they threw in the "nation" was to make it a backronym for NSA.
- kps 6y agoNYT is a US newspaper, and for US readers an unqualified ‘state’ is a subdivision of the US.