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The idea that a nation is a shared fiction; when its core stories stop being believed, cohesion fails.
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Nation as narrative
The idea that a nation is a shared fiction; when its core stories stop being believed, cohesion fails.
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"...okay? That's the first problem. Second problem is the breakdown of narratives, okay? So, a nation is a fiction, a narrative that everyone believes..."
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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