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>history's first self-sustaining post-nationalist identity I am not a historian, but wouldn't that honor go to religion? Regardless, religion is certainly olde
by gizmo686 12y ago
>history's first self-sustaining post-nationalist identity
I am not a historian, but wouldn't that honor go to religion? Regardless, religion is certainly older than the Internet.
- sighsigh 12y agoThis is technically correct in concept, but not in practice, as organized religion existed long before the formalization of the nation-state. In fact, one can even argue that nationalism is an agnostic subdivision of organized theology since it utilizes identical symbol worship mechanisms.