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About Czechoslovakia... You know there was a numerous ethnic minority of Germans before the aftermath of second world war, right? We pushed them out because of
by emteycz 6y ago
About Czechoslovakia... You know there was a numerous ethnic minority of Germans before the aftermath of second world war, right? We pushed them out because of nation state ideology, which gained prominence after first and then especially second world war. Before then, people were Bohemians, and they spoke like and culturally were Germans, Austrians, Moravians, Czechs, Silesians, Slovaks, etc.
- rbecker 6y ago"It comes very close a lot of the time" doesn't imply the fit is perfect, so minorities are to be expected. And your implication that before WWI, different ethnic groups coexisting peacefully in shared states was the norm, couldn't be more wrong. Even in antiquity, there's examples of one ethnic group banding together to vanquish another, such as the ancient Hebrew genocides of Amalekites [1] and Canaanites [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalek#Amalekites_in_the_Hebrew_Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalek#Amalekites_in_the_Hebre... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan#Hebrew_Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan#Hebrew_Bible
- emteycz 6y agoWhat I was saying is that the 'closely matching borders' are a completely artificial thing. Not even 'more or less', it was completely off until the nation state ideology-fueled expulsion. It closely matched a different thing.