• Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Is it possible to regain legitimacy after doing that, or will the state always be illegitimate?

    And how geographically widespread does it have to be?

    Because that sounds an awful lot like the US’s historical genocide of the Native Americans and China’s current genocide of the Uyghurs.

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      11 months ago

      I absolutely think states can improve their legitimacy. Israel could work with Palestine in good faith toward a two state solution. There’s always a path forward. See south africa, northern Ireland, Germany in the cold war etc