You’re describing the importance of coherence. You can only change so much before you are no longer the same thing. Nationalism is pride in who you are and what you came from, which is why subversives work so hard to demonize and destroy it - so they can replace “who you are” with what they want you to be. Civic nationalism is just another type of subversion - anyone can become who you are, and take what you were given, if they say the right passwords.
You’re describing the importance of coherence. You can only change so much before you are no longer the same thing.
Ship of Theseus, and all that, yeah. That's part of it, but I was more talking individual subversives. You don't have to replace every part of the ship/nation, to change it drastically. You can leave most of the parts the same, but corrupt them. Think of it like termites versus replacing the parts. Termites, you'll have the same ship and pieces, but it will have been eaten away from the inside.
You’re describing the importance of coherence. You can only change so much before you are no longer the same thing. Nationalism is pride in who you are and what you came from, which is why subversives work so hard to demonize and destroy it - so they can replace “who you are” with what they want you to be. Civic nationalism is just another type of subversion - anyone can become who you are, and take what you were given, if they say the right passwords.
Ship of Theseus, and all that, yeah. That's part of it, but I was more talking individual subversives. You don't have to replace every part of the ship/nation, to change it drastically. You can leave most of the parts the same, but corrupt them. Think of it like termites versus replacing the parts. Termites, you'll have the same ship and pieces, but it will have been eaten away from the inside.