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Originally Posted by GGG
Not that I agree with what I about to post but I think it is worth framing the argument from the other point of view.
you are being colonial.
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It's not just a colonial thing. In the period of German mediatisation, hundreds of small semi-sovereign states, principalities, duchies, counties, cities, bishoprics, etc who originally answered only to the Holy Roman Emperor were subsumed by major neighboring states that would form the major states of Germany today.
While no doubt a traumatic experience for the families that lost sovereign rule of their territories, it was a necessary step for Germany to take to become an effective modern state to catch up and then surpass the likes of the UK, France and Russia.