Else, Someone on Nostr: ...but the notions of "this land is mine", "it's been decided for you", "your duty", ...

...but the notions of "this land is mine", "it's been decided for you", "your duty", and "we came first" do persist, as do the tropes of heroism, sacrifice for the greater cause, treason, &c. Putin and Trump are maybe the logical conclusions of such line of thought which sees imposition of one's will as something that could be "legitimate", rather than an exceptional act of violence (undesirable if unavoidable). The Democrats and the EU are more about exercising in edging.

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