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**Metalhead** · 09-29-2010, 06:50 PM

I said rabid nationalism is a symptom of failed empire..

Its a precursor..

Per your comments: Leo Strauss was an ardent Zionist, naturally he would have a great deal in common with Nazism. Did that go right over your head when you read Strauss' teachings?

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–noun
1.
any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.
2.

pre·cur·sor
/prɪˈkɜrsər, ˈprikɜr-/ Show Spelled[pri-kur-ser, pree-kur-]
–noun
1.
a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
2.
a person, animal, or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of someone or something else; harbinger: The first robin is a precursor of spring.
3.
Chemistry, Biochemistry . a chemical that is transformed into another compound, as in the course of a chemical reaction, and therefore precedes that compound in the synthetic pathway: Cholesterol is a precursor of testosterone.
4.
Biology . a cell or tissue that gives rise to a variant, specialized, or more mature form.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L praecursor forerunner. See pre-, cursor

—Synonyms
1. forerunner. 2. herald.

a sign or indication of something.
3.
Pathology . a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.

Precursor is something that goes before. Symptom is something that accompanies. They are not the same.

Rabid nationalism is how empires get built. Lack of nationalism is how they fall apart.
The americans of the 19th century were rabid nationalists, and conquered a continent from sea to shining sea.
Now they are too pussywhip to defend their borders, so the mexicans are coming in to take back what they conquered. Finis America.

09-29-2010, 06:50 PM	#24
Metalhead Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 366 Senior Member	I said rabid nationalism is a symptom of failed empire.. Its a precursor.. Per your comments: Leo Strauss was an ardent Zionist, naturally he would have a great deal in common with Nazism. Did that go right over your head when you read Strauss' teachings? simp-tuhm] –noun 1. any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it. 2. pre·cur·sor /prɪˈkɜrsər, ˈprikɜr-/ Show Spelled[pri-kur-ser, pree-kur-] –noun 1. a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor. 2. a person, animal, or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of someone or something else; harbinger: The first robin is a precursor of spring. 3. Chemistry, Biochemistry . a chemical that is transformed into another compound, as in the course of a chemical reaction, and therefore precedes that compound in the synthetic pathway: Cholesterol is a precursor of testosterone. 4. Biology . a cell or tissue that gives rise to a variant, specialized, or more mature form. Use precursor in a Sentence See images of precursor Search precursor on the Web Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L praecursor forerunner. See pre-, cursor —Synonyms 1. forerunner. 2. herald. a sign or indication of something. 3. Pathology . a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it. Precursor is something that goes before. Symptom is something that accompanies. They are not the same. Rabid nationalism is how empires get built. Lack of nationalism is how they fall apart. The americans of the 19th century were rabid nationalists, and conquered a continent from sea to shining sea. Now they are too pussywhip to defend their borders, so the mexicans are coming in to take back what they conquered. Finis America.
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