Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.
Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.
Italy had essentially a project of cultural genocide on their own people (:citations-needed:) in the name of national unity because the peninsula was filled with a ton of distinct cultures and languages.
Nation-states were a mistake
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Wait, which citations needed episode was that now? I feel like I've heard every episode 3 times now but I don't remember that one
About "their own people". It's definitely done multiple times. But I think Episode 137: Thought-Terminating Enemy Epithets (Part I) (and part II) are the main ones. Mostly centering the language used for formal enemies of the US, primarily Iran, since some of the other big bads had taken a back seat for a few years. My reference was about using that cliche.
Oh I thought there was one on the cultural homogenization of Italy
I don't think there was. Wonder if there's a good podcast on that. It seems like it would be an interesting topics, because in my experience it's a topic that people outside of Rome and the north seem to care deeply about.
I'm currently in the last days of the Republic in the History of Rome podcast. Maybe a few hundred episodes down the line they might get there
Just look up the Roman Social War.