Comment by mcphage
4 days ago
> Or is it a specific group of people in a specific place with a shared language, lineage, culture, history, faith, and common destiny?
I'm American, so I've never lived in this kind of nation.
> no empire nor state organized as the former can endure.
Looking at many of the longer-lived nations and empires of the past—having a shared language, lineage, culture, history, faith, common destiny? They had none of those. They were a conglomeration of people speaking different languages, from different lineages, with different cultures, different histories, and practicing different faiths.
>I'm American, so I've never lived in this kind of nation.
"What is water?", said the fish
Wait, you think America is that? Dude, you need to get out more, meet some new people.