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markus p's avatar

Yasha do you have any reading on the phenomenon of diaspora becoming counterintuitively more nationalist as they become more integrated? I’d be very interested to learn about that. Seems to me like a side effect of the our current extreme focus on identity.

Regarding your doubts about recording this episode, I can say I found it very worthwhile to listen to.

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Yasha Levine's avatar

Good question. I'm year late to answering it...or not really answering it. In short: on that very narrow subject I can't really think of an example. There's a book on Chrystia Freeland's grandfather and Canada's Nazi-adjacent Ukrainian immigrant community that's coming out now. I feel like it could have glimpses into this phenom.

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