But by the Power of Flag and Gun Civilization is hard, yo. It’s messy, and intricate, you have to cooperate with a bunch of other people – some of whom are absolute morons – and every solution creates new problem…

#TuesdayColumn: When an Australian kid plants his home-grown flag on a plot of unclaimed land and call it the Free #RepublicOfVerdis, it behoves us to question the fundaments of sovereign #statehood. #WhatMakesACountry #writing #politics

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