Sunday, August 26th, 2007
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 17,624
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Re: Re : Re: The Decline & Splender of Nationalism
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Originally Posted by Cirrus
This part is a good summary IMO :
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Like America, France first became a state, and in turn set the stage for the molding of the French people of different tribes; by contrast, Germans have always been a stateless yet compact people.
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Isn't there much of an overstatement here?
Germany is probably as much of an amalgamation of different peoples and tribes as France is.
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