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“Creating a Nation”: The Declaration of Independence and the Nation Anachronism
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- Audio Mises Wire
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- May 29, 2026
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Summary
Viewing the Declaration of Independence as the act that created one consolidated American nation is a common historical anachronism, which projects a later nationalist understanding backward onto the founding era. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/creating-nation-declaration-independence-and-nation-anachronism