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Such a funny coincidence that Native American, Indian, Chinese, African, or Jewish identity are never attacked this way. They somehow remain legitimate and vali
by tarakat 4y ago
Such a funny coincidence that Native American, Indian, Chinese, African, or Jewish identity are never attacked this way. They somehow remain legitimate and valid, despite being composed of smaller groups that changed through history.
Nobody bats an eye when they organize based on shared history and interests. But god forbid the French do it, then all of a sudden they have nothing in common, and the only identity they are allowed, if any, is the most Balkanized and irrelevant one.
- WastingMyTime89 4y agoI don’t understand your comment. The French obviously shares an identity nowadays. It’s a very modern fabrication however. I mostly disagree with the commentator explaining that it originated in the États généraux. Bourgeois had common interests but the idea that it leads to a common identity is itself a fabrication of the third republic from my point of view. The nineteenth century revolutions are mostly Parisian affairs (then again it’s fairly easy to convincingly argue that Paris is France). The point is that this shared identity didn’t exist before the revolution and the nationalist push used to justify waring with Germany under the third republic is mostly responsible for spreading it. France as a unified state is a very recent development anyway. The kings were fairly weak before Louis XIV.