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> Strictly speaking, Iran is not a nation-state. It is a multiethnic state. Switzerland, Britain, ... Strictly speaking, you need to consult the dictionary.
by eternalban 6y ago
> Strictly speaking, Iran is not a nation-state. It is a multiethnic state.
Switzerland, Britain, ...
Strictly speaking, you need to consult the dictionary.
noun: a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory: leading industrialized nations.
Iran checks multiple boxes on that list.
As for US, is it really a nation or is it a corporate spin off? Curious, too, how those 13 bars ended up as 13 "states"..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
- dan-robertson 6y agoSo it’s complicated because there is a loose definition of nation as a synonym of country (eg nationalised industry, national anthem, ...) and a second more narrow definition which is the one used in the term ‘nation-state.’ But if the former definition of nation is being used then it is entirely redundant and writing a long confusing term instead of a well understood one is just lazy writing. Wikipedia gives a more narrow definition of nation-state than you (but English dictionaries by their nature tend to give broad definitions) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state
- eternalban 6y agoIt’s not complicated at all. You are insinuating that Iran is a complex of nationalities which is patent nonsense. Iran’s culture is so dominant, so well defined, and has been so long before some Europeans got together after dealing with Bonaparte and coming up with “Nation State”.