The French Revolution is a lot more than those three words (and I would call égalité negative). Doubtless you are aware of Max Weber's work, so even if a unified Catholic German nation-state had been achieved it might not have become as economically successful.Īnnatar wrote:How are "liberté, égalité, fraternité" undesirable? Had Ferdinand II triumphed quickly over the protestants there may have been an unified German nation-state a lot sooner.Ī papist nation-state. George's cross.Īnnatar wrote:I'm not sure if this was a good thing. Looking at some different pictures of it now I am unsure if it's a reverse nordic cross or a St. That seems far more undesirable than perceived unity with Scandinavia.Īnnatar wrote:A war ensign, unlike a notional flag, is not supposed to represent the nation.Īnnatar wrote:No, the HRE used a reverse St George's cross. Scandinavia would today be radically different without the influence of Germany, particularly the Hanseatic League, and Germany arguably has Scandinavia to thank for the preservation of German protestantism.Īnnatar wrote:A tricolore flag on the other hand symbolises the German nations allegiance to the ideals of the French revolution. Given the common ethnic, religious (Norse-Germanic paganism), and linguistic origins that doesn't seem inappropriate. Annatar wrote:Using a nordic cross would symbolise unwarranted unity with the Scandinavian nations and give the German state an undesirable ethnic character.
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