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poonam pari's avatar

Exactly, Nate. I am sick and tired of people arguing about “Israel’s right to exist”

People have a right to exist; states don’t.

And the notion of borders/states is made up..

It gets irritating when people dwell on nationalism…

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Anne Thacker's avatar

You are most certainly not the only one...I follow Bandy X Lee, a forensic psychiatrist and president of the World Mental Health Coalition. She has what she terms is A Curriculum for One World or None and back some months ago she wrote about nation states "The rise of the nation-state in the aftermath of Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, fundamentally undermined global unity in the modern era. Certainly, there were divisions in the past, but the creation of nation-states—delineated by territorial borders, distinct cultural identities, and centralized political powers—shifted us from an interconnected global community into fragmented and competitive, sovereign entities." I appreciate your writing and perhaps you would find validation and community in Dr Lee's writings and her weekly Zoom group (Fridays at noon) for paid subscribers to her Substack...All the best to you...

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