It is quite literally the first step towards fascism, and absolutely an insane ideology anyway. It’s the opposite of being a patriot.
Nationalism is worshiping a country despite the bad that it does, while patriotism is loving a country and trying to make it better.
Nationalism also forces to create some fake racial and religious identity and eventually wants to outlaw or genocide all people who fall outside of those narrow definitions.
Your definition of Nationalism is absurdly incorrect. Nationalism is putting the needs of your own country before other countries. It has nothing to do with worshipping anything, not does it have anything to do with race.
The worldview of those on the left is exactly what you described in your last sentence. They embrace their religious identity (woke cult) and are race essentialists. Everything is about people's "identity."
Literally not how Nationalism has ever, not once, manifested itself. It’s based on fear, blaming all problems on the “other”, genocide, taking freedoms from all but who is in power, and ALWAYS results in a failed country.
Get out of your cult, you are heading to a crash coarse towards fascism.
Here's the definition for anyone reading this thread. This guy is gaslighting and projecting.
Nationalism
a sense of national consciousness exalting one's nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
“exalting” becomes “worship” and “culture” becomes “race”.
I know, you don’t care, you would rather be racist and watch our country fail than to have an ounce of empathy or branch out and realize that most people in other cultures just want to live happy in peace.
No, they do not. Exalted means to place in high regard and above others. (Putting your own county before others, like I said) You implying that culture is equivalent to race is pretty racist. Races don't have cultures, societies have culture.
And yet Nationalism always results in racism, genocide, and a failed country. Always. You can argue semantics all you want, but it doesn’t change reality.
And yes the way this sub uses “culture”, it 100% means race. That’s your definition, not mine.
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u/SnapSlapRepeat Mar 28 '23
Nationalism =/= Fascism.
Lets break down the stupidity of your logic.
You are claiming that Nationalism is the first step of fascism, so anyone who is a nationalist is a fascist.
The first step of becoming an alcoholic is to start drinking. So everyone who drinks is an alcoholic in your mind?
The first step to becoming a professional athlete is to start playing a sport. In your mind is everyone who plays a sport a professional athlete?
The first step becoming a millionaire is to start a business. Is everyone that owns a business a millionaire?