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What does it mean?
Modern wars use national hatred as a stand-in for personal hatred.
In plain terms
Nations hate each other instead of individuals.
What can you take from it?
National hatred fuels modern wars.

Where it applies

  • geopolitics
  • propaganda
  • mass mobilization

Putting it to work

  • analyze motivations
  • study propaganda
  • monitor conflicts

Questions to consider

  • Why do nations fight?
  • Is hatred necessary?

Another view

Personal hatred still exists within nations.

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