The
territorial trap is geographical fallacy that misinterprets the idea of nations and their
development. The main issue with it is that it takes a far too simplistic viewpoint of how
nations develop and are defined.
One of the main assumptions is that national
borders and boundaries are physical and defined. Of course, looking at maps and nations in
modern times lends an individual to that belief, because most nations are very rigidly defined.
However, historically, nations could lay claim to land "as far as the eye could see"
or put fluid stipulations on it such as "a day's journey on horseback in each
direction." The borders or nations have only recently been rigid and
well-defined.
Another assumption is that multiple nations cannot exist in the
same space, which is certainly far from the truth. Many nations currently fight over the same
land and are battling for dominancethough each individually is still a separate
nation.
Finally, the fallacy assumes that borders do not change...
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