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SvenDia t1_iua2l6q wrote

Reply to comment by okcrumpet in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful

You could say the same thing about many European countries not that long ago. Germany in particular wasn’t a unified nation until 1871.

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beceladon t1_iuaxz1l wrote

Interesting, Italy was also not unified until 1871.

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SvenDia t1_iub4ne8 wrote

That’s true. I didn’t mention Italy, but it is kind of interesting that both countries became fascist in the 1930s. And you could probably point to the communist governments in China and the Soviet Union as examples of authoritarian responses to unification in the recent past.

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goodsam2 t1_iudph52 wrote

I mean Germany kinda was and in the 1870s they made fun of Germany as little Germany because they weren't united with the Austrians.

I think we need to look at language and cultural barriers falling over decades. Getting Africans on the internet probably kills a lot of the tribalism at least in the current system.

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