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The “wounds” of the Greek people: The bloody history of national divisions — From antiquity to the Civil War and the toxicity of social media

For thousands of years, Greeks have been divided among themselves. From civil wars during the 1821 Revolution and the early years of the modern Greek state, to clashes over language reforms — and now, even over debates on social media — internal conflict seems deeply rooted in Greek history and mentality