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		quacked on March 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notes on Nationalism (1945) Countries were religious; when the social technology of the "nation" was developed, the primary justification lay in religion. Why do you think that a loyal preference to land, law, and shared history is cult-like?

goodpoint on March 8, 2022 [–]

> Countries were religious; when the social technology of the "nation" was developed, the primary justification lay in religion

Everybody knows that.

But I wrote "If countries were religions" not "religious".

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