A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
Only thing missing there is the shared territory due to the occupation. I don’t tend to believe that the Rhinelanders share a language or common culture with France, for example. Other than that, balkanized Germany at the Polish border would serve less geopolitical interests than if they had managed to secure a neutral buffer country, with the possibility of an eventual SED victory.
Rhinelanders dont have that much in common with France in fact the regions bordering France faced constant monarchial and imperialist pressure by it.
The French King sent Marshal Montclas with 50,000 men “that the Palatinate should be made a desert.”
And then during the Nine Years’ War the French Minister of war Louvois allegedly told to “burn down the palatinate”. The devastation which happened due to it made the name of tge officer who executed those acts (Mélac) synonymous with murder and arson. Also a very popular dog name haha.
Marxism and the National Question
Only thing missing there is the shared territory due to the occupation. I don’t tend to believe that the Rhinelanders share a language or common culture with France, for example. Other than that, balkanized Germany at the Polish border would serve less geopolitical interests than if they had managed to secure a neutral buffer country, with the possibility of an eventual SED victory.
Rhinelanders dont have that much in common with France in fact the regions bordering France faced constant monarchial and imperialist pressure by it.
The French King sent Marshal Montclas with 50,000 men “that the Palatinate should be made a desert.” And then during the Nine Years’ War the French Minister of war Louvois allegedly told to “burn down the palatinate”. The devastation which happened due to it made the name of tge officer who executed those acts (Mélac) synonymous with murder and arson. Also a very popular dog name haha.