I agree that some people consider their countries to be full in the symbolic space.
I disagree that all those claims about countries being full are about the symbolic space. This might be true for some countries, like Iceland and Australia. But for many of the places that you mention in your first paragraph (but also for other places in the world), the article did not convince me.
I also disagree with the notion that because a country might have a lot of “underdeveloped” and natural spaces, this makes the country full of nothing. Some people value the existence of those natural spaces and would not like to live in an place where they do not exist or are significantly decreased.
Lastly, it seems that you claim that people’s fear that “symbolic space is precisely being “overrun” by a disturbing presence” is irrational and unfounded, almost a delusion, and if it might indeed happen, it will happen only a little bit. However, I found this claim unconvincing too (it might be true, but it seems more like an empty claim rather than supported by some evidence/further reasoning).
I so so wish, like humanity abolished slavery and racism (well in theory at least)… So should nationalism and the very idea of fixed nation states, be abolished.
I agree that some people consider their countries to be full in the symbolic space.
I disagree that all those claims about countries being full are about the symbolic space. This might be true for some countries, like Iceland and Australia. But for many of the places that you mention in your first paragraph (but also for other places in the world), the article did not convince me.
I also disagree with the notion that because a country might have a lot of “underdeveloped” and natural spaces, this makes the country full of nothing. Some people value the existence of those natural spaces and would not like to live in an place where they do not exist or are significantly decreased.
Lastly, it seems that you claim that people’s fear that “symbolic space is precisely being “overrun” by a disturbing presence” is irrational and unfounded, almost a delusion, and if it might indeed happen, it will happen only a little bit. However, I found this claim unconvincing too (it might be true, but it seems more like an empty claim rather than supported by some evidence/further reasoning).
I so so wish, like humanity abolished slavery and racism (well in theory at least)… So should nationalism and the very idea of fixed nation states, be abolished.