• 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    TIL

    that was fascinating in a horrifying sad kind of way

    thank you for sharing

    brb falling down a rabbit hole of looking up other countries’ … I don’t even know how to typify this. self identity narratives? national copium?

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      For a modern example you can look at China post Century of Humiliation, although I wouldn’t call China’s progress copium.