Skans » 30 Nov 2022, 12:25 pm » wrote: ↑
I know what makes a nation - violence makes a nation. As to what sustains a nation, that may be something quite different.
dude...people have to like....eat. there's quote a bit of difference between say...a street gang and the roman empire.
the capacity for violence may be a necessary part of nation building...but it doesn't mean every murderer is building a nation, and it isn't all there is to it.