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[shadowgovt]

It really depends on how one defines "nation" (which is kind of a modern and made-up concept).

[clouddrover → shadowgovt]

> "nation" (which is kind of a modern and made-up concept).

It isn't. Learn your history.

[shadowgovt → clouddrover]

I have, I recommend "Imagined Communities," by Benedict Anderson.

[clouddrover → shadowgovt]

I said history, not pseudo-intellectual pontificating theories of politics.

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"Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States." ~ (guess the source)

With respect, between the work of a Cornell professor and an internet rando, I'm going to defer to the professor on the topic the professor wrote on.

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I said defer to history, not me.

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The treaty of Westphalia would have a word about "modern".