The concept of nationhood, now, it's a new concept. I mean, before that, we all. But we had something, you know, we always had organizations, whether it was city states or tribal organizations. But The advent of the nation state is that normal evolution of human behavior because people think it's important to belong to something, and being part of a nation is important. And I think that's really true, obviously, increasingly in how geopolitical decisions are made. I think that's obvious and people understand that. (03:41–03:55)
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