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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by rnmwfQ3f on Monday March 14, 2022 @12:58AM (#30668667)
I think the same arguments could be applied to the USA
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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by dr_dshiv on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:31AM (#30669428)
Can you imagine a USA where half spoke Spanish, half English and less than 1% both?
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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by m_eiman on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:19AM (#30670137)
I can image in a USA where the population is divided in half, each half with so widely different world views that they might as well be speaking different languages…
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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by dr_dshiv on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:57PM (#30676591)
Like different species! I mean, I don’t think they interbreed…
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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by m_eiman on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:36PM (#30677911)
Give it a few hundred generations and we’ll see!
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