With the collapse of multinational states such as Yugoslavia as Czechoslovakia, along with independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia, in España, one begins to wonder
how far ethnic separatism will go.
My question is "Where does it end?" There's always going to be ethnic minorities in a country, and if each and every ethnic group is given its own country, the world would become very balkanised into hundreds of uncooperative countries, and ethnic minorities within those countries would start demanding their own countries, and so forth. What the world need is less nation-states and more multi-national states. Countries need to stop basing their identities on just one ethnicity and unite, as ethnic nationalism has led to much discord, violence, and genocide in the past.
how far ethnic separatism will go.
My question is "Where does it end?" There's always going to be ethnic minorities in a country, and if each and every ethnic group is given its own country, the world would become very balkanised into hundreds of uncooperative countries, and ethnic minorities within those countries would start demanding their own countries, and so forth. What the world need is less nation-states and more multi-national states. Countries need to stop basing their identities on just one ethnicity and unite, as ethnic nationalism has led to much discord, violence, and genocide in the past.
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