I’m serious. I don’t understand why humans draw imaginary bidders. I don’t understand why humans fight and lose their lives defending those borders. It’s not “cultural identity”. For example, people in either side of Punjab are more similar to each other than say people in the South of India. And further, i don’t understand how countries can be bought and sold like the “Louisiana purchase”. I mean who’s paying for what? It would be great if someone could recommend some books about the idea of nationhood.
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Human psyche functions a lot with needing “in-groups” and “out-groups”. Has to do with being social animals and agressive apes. Its not bad in itself, but sucky people always drive things to the suckiest possible ends.
Over time it expanded to the idea of a nation, as you could have an organized group to supervise it, and build a more defined overarching “in-group”. Not everyone buys into the concept much.
“Buying” a country is more of a “Buying the influence over that plot of land”. Capitalism is good at selling and buying, and extending it to concepts.
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