the optimist in me sees that hoxha and the albanian communists rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism in opposition to the cultural oppression they faced under the ottoman empire :dean-smile:
the doomer sees that hoxha's fascist opposition also rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism :dean-frown:
i don't know enough to even begin to dig deeper :trans-sad:
also every single wikipedia page just has a hole in the history from like 1940-1991 :1984:
i'm assuming an ethnic nationalism but the more i read the less i understand
the optimist in me sees that hoxha and the albanian communists rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism in opposition to the cultural oppression they faced under the ottoman empire :dean-smile:
the doomer sees that hoxha's fascist opposition also rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism :dean-frown:
i don't know enough to even begin to dig deeper :trans-sad: also every single wikipedia page just has a hole in the history from like 1940-1991 :1984:
nationalism is a double edged word