• witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 month ago

    Could you elaborate on what you mean by “balkanised”? I’ve never seen it used as a verb before and would like you to expand on what you mean a bit.

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      It generally means turned into a bunch of competing nation states, often left unable to collectively defend their mutual interests because they’re all competing against each other.

        • heggs_bayer [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          Adding to what keepcarrot said, the term originates from the breaking up of Yugoslavia into various rump states (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Croatia, etc.) in southeast Europe.