I have evidence of a sophisticated Russian information campaign to get security nerds to say "nation-state" when they just mean "state". We spent TWO LECTURE PERIODS on this subtle distinction in college geography and it all ends, like tears in the rain, so people can sound cool
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Replying to @Pinboard
i often find non-americans get confused when you say "state". like i remember one conversation with a french native speaker going horribly sideways because i said something about the state and he started explaining the difference between the national government and departments
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I have yet to find a situation in security writing where there is ambiguity between Delaware and Iran because of this. I welcome any examples!
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Replying to @TindrasGrove @mcclure111
I got it on my mind
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