America is not a nation. There are indigenous nations, but the idea of an “American nation” is a fiction to justify the ongoing process of settler-colonialism.
fwiw: the ones that survived and are still coherent/organized enough to still be considered a nation represent a cultural/social/linguistic minority in north & central america – an overwhelming majority no longer have a nation to claim as their own and the trend becomes stronger the further away from the anglosphere you get.
in other words: either the united states or mexico are closest thing they can identify with as part of a nation and this phenomenon is most prevalent in the american southwest and northern mexico – geographically & broadly between salt lake city and mexico city.
and it’ll forever be odd to me that the worst colonial settler examples that the world had seen thus far in the anglosphere resulted in the most intact and cohesive indigenous nations that are still in existence today while the relatively tame – but still outrageously inhumane – settler colonialism practiced in the rest of the latin america has relatively few such indigenous nations still going today.
To quote a famous Georgian political activist and philosopher, “a nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and culture.” The US Empire is a settler-colony, and as such does not constitute an actual nation, though it is a state with citizens.
The concept/nation, the people in power, or every citizen regardless of circumstance?
America is not a nation. There are indigenous nations, but the idea of an “American nation” is a fiction to justify the ongoing process of settler-colonialism.
fwiw: the ones that survived and are still coherent/organized enough to still be considered a nation represent a cultural/social/linguistic minority in north & central america – an overwhelming majority no longer have a nation to claim as their own and the trend becomes stronger the further away from the anglosphere you get.
in other words: either the united states or mexico are closest thing they can identify with as part of a nation and this phenomenon is most prevalent in the american southwest and northern mexico – geographically & broadly between salt lake city and mexico city.
and it’ll forever be odd to me that the worst colonial settler examples that the world had seen thus far in the anglosphere resulted in the most intact and cohesive indigenous nations that are still in existence today while the relatively tame – but still outrageously inhumane – settler colonialism practiced in the rest of the latin america has relatively few such indigenous nations still going today.
First peoples of Canada
the indigenous people of canada probably have it the best out of everyone else and i suspect that carney is going to take away their resources.
That’s an incorrect and dumb thing to say. Pretty sure the ol US of A exists.
To quote a famous Georgian political activist and philosopher, “a nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and culture.” The US Empire is a settler-colony, and as such does not constitute an actual nation, though it is a state with citizens.
I’m pretty sure the USA counts on all those points.
The settlers do not qualify, though, just like Israelis do not have a claim to nationhood in Palestine.
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There’s also notably a South America, which contains zero parts of the USA.
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Dang that’s messed up, I hope things get better for you.
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Did your day get better?
Check the profile, this dude is constantly angry and wonders why people aren’t friendly to him. He’ll even tell you to kill yourself.
You embody everything wrong with America.
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Woosh.
I’m saying you are portraying exactly the traits that make America suck. Including the poor reading comprehension. Be better.