Comments on: United Warts http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/09/20/united-warts/ We endeavor to give satisfaction Tue, 22 May 2012 23:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vader http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/09/20/united-warts/comment-page-1/#comment-46279 Vader Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:34:14 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=5903#comment-46279 As best I understand it: Nation == a natural development sharing a common tongue and culture. Closer to an ethnicity than: State == a government jurisdiction. Established by legal fiat and not always coinciding with a nation as just defined. Thus Great Britain (a state) is a cobbling together of England, Wales, and Scotland, each arguably a distinct nation. The United States is almost unique in going the other way, being a nation composed of many states. Of course, the decline of federalism is erasing this distinctive character. As best I understand it:

Nation == a natural development sharing a common tongue and culture. Closer to an ethnicity than:

State == a government jurisdiction. Established by legal fiat and not always coinciding with a nation as just defined. Thus Great Britain (a state) is a cobbling together of England, Wales, and Scotland, each arguably a distinct nation.

The United States is almost unique in going the other way, being a nation composed of many states. Of course, the decline of federalism is erasing this distinctive character.

]]> By: Zen http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/09/20/united-warts/comment-page-1/#comment-46228 Zen Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:34:52 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=5903#comment-46228 His Majesty's comments are unassailable as always, but I am not sure I understand the distinction that the author was making. His Majesty’s comments are unassailable as always, but I am not sure I understand the distinction that the author was making.

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