Don’t you find these notions of a state for libbos, a state for Pee-Cee folk etc all too pat?
Life is messy, in fact gloriously so, and people are incorrigibly difficult. They just don’t follow pre-ordained patterns like this. The bindings - just ideas - are too weak and too subject to change amid the changing temper of the players. The only binding that stands the test of time is ethnicity. Even religion, without a shared ethnos, will not sustain.
Of course, some of the current State Project hopefuls will not accept ethnicity nor anything else as a limit to their self-definition. It’s a recipe for disillusionment. But if a few thousand Samizdatarian types with IQ’s of 120+ want to demonstrate that property rights are thin gruel besides the rich love for place that abides in a people, that’s their business.
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Posted by Thrasymachus on Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:13 | #
Oh, I think that different states for different ideologies working out in the manner described is fairly crazy. On the other hand, I think that it is a valid point that a system that allowed diversity of regions through open migration may be a better solution than imposed general diversity through central government.
Posted by Guessedworker on Sat, 06 Nov 2004 22:53 | #
Thrasy,
Don’t you find these notions of a state for libbos, a state for Pee-Cee folk etc all too pat?
Life is messy, in fact gloriously so, and people are incorrigibly difficult. They just don’t follow pre-ordained patterns like this. The bindings - just ideas - are too weak and too subject to change amid the changing temper of the players. The only binding that stands the test of time is ethnicity. Even religion, without a shared ethnos, will not sustain.
Of course, some of the current State Project hopefuls will not accept ethnicity nor anything else as a limit to their self-definition. It’s a recipe for disillusionment. But if a few thousand Samizdatarian types with IQ’s of 120+ want to demonstrate that property rights are thin gruel besides the rich love for place that abides in a people, that’s their business.