NOAM CHOMSKY

Well, the nation state is pretty much a European invention, I mean there were similar things, but the nation state in the modern form was largely created in Europe over many centuries. It's so unnatural and artificial that it had to be imposed by extreme violence. In fact that's the primary reason why Europe was the most savage part of the world for centuries. It was due to trying to impose a nation state system on cultures and societies that are varied and if you look at them had no relation to this artificial structure.

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Noam Chomsky interviewed by ZNet Germany

Noam Chomsky is one of the many Voices of Dissent featured in XXI CENTURY, American Voices of Dissent and The Peace! DVD