Tag: society
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Dutch Pillarisation, Malaysian Rojak
Pillarisation (or verzuiling in Dutch) is the state of a society that is divided into groups that self-segregate. Until the 1960s and 1970s, the Netherlands was a country whose population was divided along sectarian lines. There was a Catholic pillar, a Protestant pillar, a Socialist pillar and a Liberal pillar. These groups had their own…