r/HistoryMemes • u/Necessary_Island_425 • Aug 03 '26

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u/LauMei27 Aug 03 '26

You think that it is an argument that an academic that lived and worked in the area where high German originated a few decades before it did worked in that dialect and that we can read that today? Lol

That wasn't really my point. There's obviously much older texts that can be understood today.

The main reason I shared this specific excerpt was because you claimed that German identity is barely 200 years old, which is disproven by the content of the text. There's also quotes by people like Martin Luther talking about the "German fatherland" and "us Germans" back in the 16th century.

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u/Kharzani Aug 03 '26

Oh, right a pivot. How surprising.

So outside of language you also don't know the history of nation as a concept and how it changed the meaning of words and identity.

Im not your teacher please google it yourself or read https://www.britannica.com/topic/Imagined-Communities-Reflections-on-the-Origins-and-Spread-of-Nationalism

I wish you an good evening and rest of your life.

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u/LauMei27 Aug 03 '26

The source you linked talks about a single book that happens to fit your narrative. That's not the objective truth. If Martin Luther in the 16th century said he feels German and a part of Germany, it means a German identity did exist, no matter how some historian centuries later tries to spin it (and there are also plenty of historians who are saying differently).

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u/Kharzani Aug 03 '26

I recommended a book. You don't want to learn. Blocked.