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A comment on Einstein's Science Defied Nationalism and Crossed Borders. Parent comment

Re:Einstein's Science Defied Nationalism and Crossed Borders by netmonk on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:04PM (#20289176)
"people are more closely related to others in their own nation, than to those in foreign nations." Thank you mister Obvious. But the first part of your sentence just serves your desires by an over-simplification and reduction of the topic. No, a nation is not a larger tribe.

Just try to explain all the atrocities which happened in Africa since colonialists retired from the continent.

Try to keep several tribes inside the same border of a nation, and see the Rwanda result... :)

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Re:Einstein's Science Defied Nationalism and Crossed Borders by deogeo on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:23PM (#20289346)
Why does treating a nation as an extended tribe require explaining atrocities in Africa?

If someone claimed a tribe is an extended family, would you demand he explain family feuds?

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Re:Einstein's Science Defied Nationalism and Crossed Borders by netmonk on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:43PM (#20289518)
Because when the central power which designed the border and defined them as a nation, is going away, old tribal tension and conflict are resurging. Leading to inter-tribe genocide. Therefore, tribalism has nothing to do with nationalism... :)
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Re:Einstein's Science Defied Nationalism and Crossed Borders by muckrakerz on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:09PM (#20290226)
You are missing the point. He's explicitly saying those _States_ aren't _Nations_. Hence the term "Nation-State" where a state is coterminous with a nation.
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