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2: The Genesis of Nations

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The American Nation Is Very Old, Right?

The American nation is comparatively speaking quite old. It's actually older than most of the European nations, but don't tell the Europeans because that would mess everybody up. The trick though is that the nation is modern, but it lays claim to the past in a way which feels comfortable and right. So there's a circular quality about this, which is very hard to break out of when you're seven years old.

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