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the title: At the American Diner

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[–] hypna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

War was the original purpose of the modern nation-state. It exists to this day because it is extremely effective at taking and holding territory, and the associated tax base. All of these other functions were bolted on to either mollify internal discontent, or to build the economy which fuels the war machine. Sure you can get a lot more nuanced than that, but the history of the rise of the modern nation-state over the older aristocratic feudal systems is one of military conquest.