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What might be the social consequences of an ethnic as opposed to a civic conception of the nation?

11.06.2025 09:25

What might be the social consequences of an ethnic as opposed to a civic conception of the nation?

Japan isn’t anything like this. Nevertheless the Japanese, a gifted people, are introverted as a nation and are extremely private. They really dislike the idea of substantial immigration because they are dedicated to preserving their ancient and colorful traditions. The culture is insular but at the same time the Japanese love novelty, which prevents them from stagnating. Japan is a civic nation.

In the case of Germany, non Germans were persecuted. At first this was restricted to bad Germans, the communists, the drunks, transvestites, gays, sex workers, the chronically unemployed, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and union leaders. Then they killed off disabled children, a set of ‘worthless’ Germans. Then they persecuted Gypsies, Poles, Slavs - and Jews, no matter how long their German family tree was. Nazi Germany was absolutely crazy.

Nazi Germany was an ethnic state. Modern Japan is too, in practice though not in theory.

What would happen if the Soviet Union had simply annexed Manchuria after World War 2 or kept it independent as a puppet state allied them and separate from China as China was too weak too oppose it anyway?