I empathize. After CK2, I can't fathom why there isn't' a stronger Aquitainian/Occitanian nationalist movement.https://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/911495275566583808 …
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france wiped out the culture quite handily, their early 20th century language policy was famously harsh
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I like to contrast with germany, the nazi idea was that "germanness" was racial and non-germans must be removed
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whereas for france the dreyfuss affair settled the question in the other direction, that "frenchness" was cultural and must be imposed
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spain wasn't effective in building a national "spanishness" in the same way
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catalans and basques used to span border but notice you never see this sorta stuff coming from france. bretons only group semi-intact there
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this is what I might argue to be the nationalist case for catalan independence: spain failed in their task to construct a national identity
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incidentally this is why collapse of french cultural chauvinism since 60s is especially shocking to me, they were very strong very recently
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