• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Afghanistan is made up of a bunch of tribes. Most who live there don’t see the country of Afghanistan as a whole. The reason the Taliban has such a hold is because of this division and because of how religious the population there is.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      That’s not that different from any other nation in their early development. The point of the nation is to unite tribes into a single nationality.

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        23 hours ago

        Good luck with that in a place that has entire groups that don’t recognize the country at all.

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        23 hours ago

        Except that’s not what happens without force. It’s why the christofascist are trying so hard to force their shit onto people in the USA.

        • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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          5 hours ago

          Force isn’t always necessary. Christianity sort of took over the Roman Empire without force until it was recognized by the state, and then, yeah, it was spread by force.