Lein

4y

This is public enemy #1 of the Republic of California

Scratchin Mamba

4y

The idea of the nation-state being seen as the default mode of nation-building has to be one of the worst things to happen to Africa

spongebob

4y

elaborate pls

Scratchin Mamba

4y

In very simple terms the nation-state is a state where one the state is tied to one nationality which then is the dominant one in that country, as opposed to for example multinational-state where statehood isn't tied to one nationality and where one doesn't dominate the other. For example European countries like Germany fit much more neatly into the category of a nation-state than American countries where the identity of those countries isn't so much tied to being ethnic to the land, for obvious reasons

The concept of the nation-state being seen as the default and even the inevitable shape that a nation can take means that the existence of more than one nationality in a state means that there inevitably is gonna be a dynamic of one nation dominating the other.

Now one could also say that the problem is more so that nationality is based on tribes instead of nationality, but that's kind of a circular argument and those lines become blurry when you have ethnic groups that are tied to another state's identity living within the borders of another countries like Somalis in Ethiopia and Kenya, or Hutus in the Congo.

There is a problem with the stupidpol types reasoning of not focusing on race in order to focus more on class oppression, especially when class oppression has been so racialized in the contexts they're making those arguments in, but in African countries where oppression and domination of one ethnic group by another has not just gone in one direction as in the US, but has gone in all directions over the course of time with the rise and fall of countless amounts of kingdoms/governments and smaller tribes it becomes more true when people are more focused on retaliation over past grievances than finding a way forward that will actually benefit their people instead of dividing themselves in the face of imperialist exploitation.

Like tribal conflict is so much the focus of politics in Ethiopia that class issues are not even part of the conversation, when a Tigrayan peasant identifies more with the Tigrayan elite who collaborates with imperialist powers then there is really no shot at class solidarity. People are more worried about what Amhara monarchs in the 19th century did against Oromos, as if that's gonna stop H&M sweatshops from exploiting people from both tribes

spongebob

4y

this was an exhaustive very simple terms thank you

Scratchin Mamba

4y

In very simple terms the nation-state is a state where one the state is tied to one nationality which then is the dominant one in that country, as opposed to for example multinational-state where statehood isn't tied to one nationality and where one doesn't dominate the other. For example European countries like Germany fit much more neatly into the category of a nation-state than American countries where the identity of those countries isn't so much tied to being ethnic to the land, for obvious reasons

The concept of the nation-state being seen as the default and even the inevitable shape that a nation can take means that the existence of more than one nationality in a state means that there inevitably is gonna be a dynamic of one nation dominating the other.

Now one could also say that the problem is more so that nationality is based on tribes instead of nationality, but that's kind of a circular argument and those lines become blurry when you have ethnic groups that are tied to another state's identity living within the borders of another countries like Somalis in Ethiopia and Kenya, or Hutus in the Congo.

There is a problem with the stupidpol types reasoning of not focusing on race in order to focus more on class oppression, especially when class oppression has been so racialized in the contexts they're making those arguments in, but in African countries where oppression and domination of one ethnic group by another has not just gone in one direction as in the US, but has gone in all directions over the course of time with the rise and fall of countless amounts of kingdoms/governments and smaller tribes it becomes more true when people are more focused on retaliation over past grievances than finding a way forward that will actually benefit their people instead of dividing themselves in the face of imperialist exploitation.

Like tribal conflict is so much the focus of politics in Ethiopia that class issues are not even part of the conversation, when a Tigrayan peasant identifies more with the Tigrayan elite who collaborates with imperialist powers then there is really no shot at class solidarity. People are more worried about what Amhara monarchs in the 19th century did against Oromos, as if that's gonna stop H&M sweatshops from exploiting people from both tribes

krishna bound

4y

no western countries actually exist except the US

krishna bound

4y

no western countries actually exist except the US

Lein

4y

What is the Newsom Regime cooking?

Womanpuncher69

4y

what are they gonna do sanction america lol

the reds

4y

I'm suddenly interested in Australian/New Zealand history do yall have any recommendations? About like the development of Capitalism there

the reds

4y

I'm suddenly interested in Australian/New Zealand history do yall have any recommendations? About like the development of Capitalism there