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[–] witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I see now, thanks for explaining. I feel pretty balkanised already and I live in the imperial core.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

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.