Comments by "R" (@rdrrr) on "The History of Poland, I Guess" video.

  1. "Nation-building" in the 19th century meant a small elite forcing their customs and culture on the general populace. In the mid-18th century only 12% of France's population spoke "French". By the mid-19th century, over half did. By the mid-20th century, local dialects were dying. And now they are all but dead. Unfortunately most people don't know this because educational systems are controlled by the same elite class that engaged in this historic cultural erasure.
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