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Ah, frequency illusion bias/Baader-Meinhof phenomenon! I have been learning about the nation-state Treaty of Westphalia stuff.
I'm finding it a bit odd that I'm so late to learn about this ... is it less emphasised in Australia? Why is it emphasised in the US?
At my current stage of learning, Australia's self-definition feels heavily 'state', with any discussion of 'nation' often being tied to racism.
More to learn I guess!
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@CStamp @victoriadecapua
...did not develop to enshrine these concepts, as they were the result of historical struggles.
What is more, until the invention of the #NationState, arguable as conceived in the #TreatyOfWestphalia of 1648 (ending the #ThirtyYearsWar in #Europe), but not too prominent until the 19th century, it was common practice to redistribute fiefdoms through marriages and the like according to...
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Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦 @[email protected] ·#riseandfallofthethirdreich puts it at the #treatyofwestphalia that brought the "final catastrophe" to germany. It was critical to the worst of the horrors of the 20th century