▲ 927 ▼ "Didn't expect MAGA to be racist to me!" (slrpnk.net) submitted 2 years ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) Yes but my point is that he’s not using the wrong word. Edit: also Kurdistan exists permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Kurdistan doesn't really have a central government like that, nor fixed or well defined borders. Keep in mind that the concept of a "Nation State" is really only a couple hundred years old. If that counterexample doesn't satisfy you, then Somalia should. It is a country without a functioning government, which has two nations inside of them of the northern and southern Somalians which are completely different, and neither of which have any sort of unifying government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) That’s your point though, isn’t it? The “people” and the “territory” are not the same thing, but both words “country” and “nation” are used more or less interchangeably to apply to either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The words country and nation are absolutely not interchangeable, no matter how lay people use the terms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago You’re a prescriptivist then I take it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Kurdistan doesn't really have a central government like that, nor fixed or well defined borders. Keep in mind that the concept of a "Nation State" is really only a couple hundred years old. If that counterexample doesn't satisfy you, then Somalia should. It is a country without a functioning government, which has two nations inside of them of the northern and southern Somalians which are completely different, and neither of which have any sort of unifying government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) That’s your point though, isn’t it? The “people” and the “territory” are not the same thing, but both words “country” and “nation” are used more or less interchangeably to apply to either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The words country and nation are absolutely not interchangeable, no matter how lay people use the terms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago You’re a prescriptivist then I take it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) That’s your point though, isn’t it? The “people” and the “territory” are not the same thing, but both words “country” and “nation” are used more or less interchangeably to apply to either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The words country and nation are absolutely not interchangeable, no matter how lay people use the terms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago You’re a prescriptivist then I take it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The words country and nation are absolutely not interchangeable, no matter how lay people use the terms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago You’re a prescriptivist then I take it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago You’re a prescriptivist then I take it. permalink fedilink source parent