tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2606464591210569454..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: The Revival of the Polisgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65811084934033069172015-09-15T11:32:44.141-04:002015-09-15T11:32:44.141-04:00I think you are being too pessimistic. We've m...I think you are being too pessimistic. We've managed quite well duing our 200+ years as a Westphalian nation-state (barring the Civil War). One of my reasons for preferring large polities and political unions is uniformity and harmonization of law.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-56249994290522082382015-09-13T22:41:25.776-04:002015-09-13T22:41:25.776-04:00By the way, my friend, who is a Jamaican immigrant...By the way, my friend, who is a Jamaican immigrant to Connecticut, upon moving into a new house, immediately introduced himself to all of his (mostly white American) neighbors. He told them, "You need anything, I'm right over there. Just let me know. We're neighbors: if we don't support each other, who will support us?"<br /><br />They all love him.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-55991349673429885152015-09-13T22:05:06.272-04:002015-09-13T22:05:06.272-04:00Considering, say, that Donald Trump is the leading...Considering, say, that Donald Trump is the leading GOP presidential candidate, and the Dems are likely to nominate the real life Frank Underwood, Hillary.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-71479938233762270502015-09-13T22:03:12.380-04:002015-09-13T22:03:12.380-04:00"Citizenship in large states seems to work.&q..."Citizenship in large states seems to work."<br /><br />This is the funniest thing you have ever said here!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-63910593892836870172015-09-13T22:02:42.417-04:002015-09-13T22:02:42.417-04:00"It just feels unnatural to me to focus much ..."It just feels unnatural to me to focus much of my attention on the neighborhood."<br /><br />You can get over that feeling. You can also realize that it is deliberately being fostered because the international elite thrives on a rootless proletariat.<br /><br />"but how can there be a federation of poleis if the citizenry is too disconnected to form poleis?"<br /><br />There can't: that is why our politics is so broken! I am just sugesting the cure. I am not saying the patient will listen. (Although eventually he will!)gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-83696409827168034692015-09-13T14:32:13.278-04:002015-09-13T14:32:13.278-04:00But, people these days are too rootless and cosmop...But, people these days are too rootless and cosmopolitan to make any kind of polis work. I barely know the people who live in my building and I know 0% of the people who l live nearby. And I've been living here for years and I grew up not far from where I live now, which is a lot more rootedness than most of my cohorts could claim. It just feels unnatural to me to focus much of my attention on the neighborhood. For one thing, I'd really rather not stay here a lot longer. A federation of poleis would be nice, but how can there be a federation of poleis if the citizenry is too disconnected to form poleis?Greg Pandatshanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319278333140929950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-16810023200846549732015-09-10T21:47:29.126-04:002015-09-10T21:47:29.126-04:00I really don't mind the nation-state paradigm....I really don't mind the nation-state paradigm. I lean towards multilateralism and intergovernmentalism, so I don't really object to large states (not "big government", which isn't a thing). Citizenship in large states seems to work.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.com