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0 pointscarry_bit8y ago0 comments

Nations are the extended family writ large. They are no more social constructs than the family is a social construct.

You might be confusing 'nation' with 'nation-state'; not all states are nation-states.

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There is a major difference - you likely don't share blood relations with every member of a nation. So they aren't quite like a giant extended family.

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0 pointscarry_bit8y ago0 comments

Nations are the extended family writ large. They are no more social constructs than the family is a social construct.

You might be confusing 'nation' with 'nation-state'; not all states are nation-states.

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infinite8s8y ago

There is a major difference - you likely don't share blood relations with every member of a nation. So they aren't quite like a giant extended family.

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