Snyder goes on to talk about the philosophical contest over whether Ukraine would be defined as an ethnic nation in the 1970s Soviet Union, under Brezhnev, or as a political nation. Containing multiple ethnicities. Again, the parallels with Aotearoa in 2025 are striking.
Part of the Treaty Violation Bill debate has been an attempt to frame Māori as an ethnic nation. Even though as a collective, Māori are certainly a political nation. Coming into existence in 1835, with He Whakaputanga.
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