the reason why this sort of shit is so popular is because nation-states have some level of “personhood”, so to speak. someone here posted an essay about how arguably nation-states are a type of consciousness of sorts, but for my life i can’t find it
Like how there are terms like “mother”- or “father”-land and referring to a country using female pronouns?
I tend to side eye these personifications of countries because there’s a fine line between making them recognizable and resorting to stereotypes (which honestly become racial after a certain point).
These are just my 2 cents. People do like to see attractively drawn humans after all
the reason why this sort of shit is so popular is because nation-states have some level of “personhood”, so to speak. someone here posted an essay about how arguably nation-states are a type of consciousness of sorts, but for my life i can’t find it
Like how there are terms like “mother”- or “father”-land and referring to a country using female pronouns?
I tend to side eye these personifications of countries because there’s a fine line between making them recognizable and resorting to stereotypes (which honestly become racial after a certain point).
These are just my 2 cents. People do like to see attractively drawn humans after all