But that's not what you're asking, is it? You're asking a question that's meant to detract from the concept of nationhood. @Bernie_Gilbert
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Replying to @aurabogado
A nation is defined by its language, culture, and borders. The Hopi clearly have - and had - the first two. What is the 3rd?
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Replying to @aurabogado
Please leave me the fuck alone now. Thanks.
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Imagine some VERY violent aliens came to the United States. They raped women. Once women gave birth, they fed those babies to their pets.
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They brought intergalactic diseases with them that killed most of the population. Those who survived were often enslaved.
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We tried to make peace with them by offering food and technology to survive. They took that from us but also burned our elders at the stake.
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Then, to top it all off, they accused the United States of not having a nation, and not having a government. Not a "real" one.
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See, these violent aliens (that we were so kind to) have a form of government where EVERYTHING is decided by a computer.
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We tell them that's undemocratic — that we vote in elections and stuff. It doesn't matter. Our form of government is considered inferior.
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The violent aliens use their definition of superior government as their justification for taking all our land and resources.
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Replying to @aurabogado
The aliens allowed some people from the US to survive. 300 years later, there's still a US culture and a US nation (except a lot smaller).
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That's not the exact same thing, but it's a helpful way of thinking about tribal nations in the US.
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