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Modern Folk Beliefs VII: “Immigration built Britain”
The rise of the ill-fitting ‘nation of immigrants’ template for national identity
Jun 5
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The rebirth of Anglo-America?
The true level of British ancestry in the US census compared with genetic studies. How the ‘nation of immigrants’ came to be, and the status of Anglo…
Dec 21, 2025
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The process of yookay-ification
A personal tour around an emerging country
Jun 17, 2025
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Folk Beliefs of the Upper Normie II: “Nations are Modern Creations”
How the modernist approach to nationalism of Gellner, Hobsbawm etc. became conventional wisdom.
Apr 30, 2025
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How nations and peoples mattered during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
The importance of ethnic identity in Gildas, Bede, and in legal codes.
Mar 29, 2025
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On the Folk Beliefs of the Upper Normie: “National identity is just about citizenship”
Where the illusory idea of purely civic nationalism came from, and how it became conventional wisdom.
Mar 23, 2025
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Against the ‘ethnic food festival’ conception of culture
The roots of this idea in social status positioning and in Scott Alexander's idea of universal culture
May 4, 2024
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Liberal patriots and most Christian Kings
One of the curious things about the national pride, such as it is, of modern British left liberals, is that it has little to do with Britain as a real…
Jul 18, 2022
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