Post #1675097
2026-03-18 19:53 UTC
@Spacehistory @blueorchestra
The point isn’t that every country has inequality. Of course they do. The question is what kind of inequality gets built into how the state actually works. I’m pointing to something specific here: that both developed through expansion and control of land while managing groups of people who weren’t given full political rights—and those distinctions were not just political, but racialized over time.
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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 19:54
@Spacehistory @blueorchestra When those kinds of divisions are built into the foundation of a state, they don’t just fade away. They shape how threats are defined, whose lives are prioritized, and how force is justified. Security becomes tied not just to defending borders, but to maintaining a particular social and political order.