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many aspects of the current political climate are horrifying but separatism of people based on race, gender, nationality has to be up there. it feels like people are forgetting why activists found so hard to end segregation not just in the US but all over the world.

how would you go on about explaining why segregation and separatist sentiment are not acceptable and should NOT be brought back

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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 days ago

One last thing on the separatism bit:

While I support a nation's right to self-determination, I think that separatism (especially wherever they take place, at least maybe depending on the area) can really undermine the nationhood in the long run of other countries globally and even lead to more separatism (not to mention the representation and ultimate fate of ethnic minorities in the territories after the dominant or majority ethnic group wins their own state or country). It may be that not all separatism is, well, "equal" so to speak and we just have to really pick and choose wisely. But idk, I'm still exploring this point further for now.