Metis Nation Status

Metis nation of Ontario offered provincial "status" membership cards which the website refers to as Metis "citizenship" ( of Ontario).

The constitutionally of these provincial "citizenship's" are questionable, as is "dual" citizenship with the provincial ce of Ontario and national citizenship.

Metis nation status of Ontario is not necessarily direct aboriginal ancestors but association with Metis community in Ontario.

by Modern Women December 22, 2025

The attorney said that Texas' murder statute calls for 99 years in prison, but not assault.

The attorney said that Texas' murder statute calls for 99 years in prison, but not assault.

The attorney said that Texas' murder statute calls for 99 years in prison, but not assault.

by plssn April 11, 2020

rain is felling in ondo state... OMG

Bobrisky's wise words, an alarm to wake someone up and is an accurate weather forecast appropriate everyday in Ondo State, Nigeria, Africa.

Brian, Rain is felling in Ondo State... OMG, OMG

by honestlymehnnn September 28, 2021

Elementary schools in the United States

are the main point of delivery of primary education, for children between the ages of 5–11 (sometimes 5-10 or 5-12)

Elementary schools in the United States are the best.

by SPrice1980 May 6, 2023

Elementary schools in the United States

the main point of delivery of primary education, for children between the ages of 5–11 (sometimes 5-10 or 5-12) and coming between pre-kindergarten and secondary education.

Elementary schools in the United States are the best.

by SPrice1980 May 7, 2023

Theory of Concrete and Imagined States

A theoretical framework adapted from Benedict Anderson's analysis of nations, applying the distinction between concrete and imagined dimensions to political states. Concrete States are the tangible, material apparatus of governance: borders, bureaucracies, military forces, legal codes, tax collection systems, physical infrastructure. You encounter the Concrete State when you present your passport, pay a fine, or are stopped by police. Imagined States are the mental representations, symbolic constructions, and collective beliefs that make the Concrete State meaningful and legitimate: the sense of shared identity, the stories of founding and purpose, the flags and anthems, the belief that this particular territory and population constitute a unified political community. Following Anderson, the state is "imagined" not because it's unreal, but because no member ever encounters more than a tiny fraction of their fellow citizens or the full apparatus—yet the image of their communion exists in each mind. The theory insists that all states are simultaneously concrete (material apparatus) and imagined (mental construct), and neither dimension can survive without the other.

Theory of Concrete and Imagined States Example: "Crossing the border, you feel the Concrete State—the guards checking papers, the fence, the customs declaration. But pledging allegiance to the flag, you enact the Imagined State—the mental community of millions you'll never meet but somehow share a political identity with."

by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

Theory of Mechanical and Organic States

A theoretical framework distinguishing between two fundamental forms of political organization: Mechanical States and Organic States. Mechanical States correspond to pre-nation-state formations—empires, kingdoms, city-states, feudal hierarchies—where political unity is achieved through external mechanisms: conquest, dynastic marriage, administrative apparatus, tribute systems. These states are held together by machinery, not meaning. Organic States are nation-states proper, where political unity is experienced as internal, natural, and identity-based. The citizen doesn't just obey the Organic State; they belong to it, feel it as an extension of themselves, experience its borders as the boundaries of their own identity. The transition from Mechanical to Organic State marks the moment when political organization stops being a machine you operate and starts being a body you inhabit.

Theory of Mechanical and Organic States Example: "The Habsburg Empire was a Mechanical State—a patchwork of peoples held together by dynastic machinery. When nationalism converted those peoples into 'nations,' the Mechanical State collapsed because its subjects now demanded to be parts of Organic States."

by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026