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[–]Zoomer1212[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Europe was never ethnically pure, it was always ethnically chaotic and modern european countries are a result of the ammalgamation of different ethnic groups.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It was racially pure.

[–]Zoomer1212[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Before 19th century cientificism the concept of race barely existed at all.

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Race absolutely was a concept pre 19th century.

[–]Nombre27 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

But they didn't call it that so it didn't exist!! Also, now that we've changed our collective minds since those ugly days when it did exist, it doesn't exist anymore either!