On the logic of nationalism

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Paintpooper,

These were your words, were they not?

you will not share the same rights and privileges as the people of my tribe

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Languages, cultures, ethnicities, they were not created overnight.

I understand this perfectly and anticipate all cultures to evolve similarly in the future. You are the one taking a cultural snapshot in time and demanding its perpetual existence by artificially isolating people from influence. Care to reevaluate which of us is being naive?

There is no cultural "influence", only cultural domination.
This has been the case throughout history. Those who have not resisted to the domination of other peoples either culturally or economically, have perished as an independent people. People can be conquered by military means. Conquest alone does not merit anything. But when you manage to destroy their culture and their heritage, you can easily wipe them off as a seperate entity.
I want my people to exist as a people, I want them to cherish their language, their heritage, their culture, and their history, and be proud of what they are. I want them to teach their kids our stories, our songs, I want them to be respectful to their elders, I want them to remember our past glories, to remember our past sorrows, and based on this, I want them to look up to the future.
I refuse to let our future be dictated by the "influence" of others.