> What I am getting at here is that the fact that a bunch of people feel strongly that they are a particular and distinct people is not particularly interesting

> What I am getting at here is that the fact that a bunch of people feel strongly that they are a particular and distinct people is not particularly interesting or significant, because this sense of identity is extremely malleable. Ah, the classic "you do not exist" argument. Your group identity and belonging, language and culture, are not eternal, immutable facts of nature, therefore you must not object to their destruction.