This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure.
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Notes:
4:35 Outlining the different kinds of nations
11:45 The concept of the “anti-nation”
20:08 Thedishness is what makes nations function
24:55 Thede dynamics in different types of “weak” nations
32:19 Proposition nations and the impossibility of thedishness
Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Sand, Bones & Skulls” by Ersefuril (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1130269/sand-bones-and-skulls
Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel
La Wik’s confused notions of the nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain
nydwracu’s explanation of thedishness
https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233226/http://nydwracu.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/why-anarcho-fascism-an-introduction-to-group-dynamics/
Nick Land’s response to the concept of the thede
http://www.xenosystems.net/thedes/
The final scene of The Godfather Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-I4VIR5yGg
Mark Dayton’s wicked concept of what is Minnesotan
http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/09/18/flashback-gov-mark-dayton-tells-the-deplorables-to-find-another-state/
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