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Therefore the only thing left to us is to complain, to point out the illegitimacy (as opposed to legality) of it, and to seek to influence our spineless legislators in London to resist further integration, demolition of our nationstate and culture, our economy (its bad enough having scots wrecking it but at least we can eventually kick the rascals out).
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Anyway — the whole drone thing shows a breakdown in the current nationstate system.
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The key battle was taking out and re-configuring the political institutions of an available target nationstate called Iraq.
"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him this morning." Ann Althouse 2009
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We are at war defined as “in an active struggle of armed force with an organized enemy” but not with another nationstate.
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You can't win a nationstate collapsing into warlord tribalism.
Doug Schoen: After Petraeus, Conciliation: The Report Must Not Derail a Moderate Democratic Strategy 2008
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It is fair to say that the United States has been more than lax at that fundamental nationstate requirement.
We the People on the eve of Countdown to impeachment, H.Res 1258, H. Res 333 2008
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Takingclue from this Partha Chatterjee explains that building of the nationstate was taking place simultaneously, one from the social aspiration andanxieties of uppercaste hindu middle class from the above and so farmarginalized lower castes from the below.
Archive 2007-04-01 kesav 2007
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Because the abolition of the Westphalian nationstate system magically frees them from all moral quandaries.
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Takingclue from this Partha Chatterjee explains that building of the nationstate was taking place simultaneously, one from the social aspiration andanxieties of uppercaste hindu middle class from the above and so farmarginalized lower castes from the below.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2007
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My dream is to allow NYC to secede, form its own nationstate, and then outsource our intelligence to some country that knows how to do it.
"Wait, Aren't You Scared?" Rogers 2006
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