06-30-2022, 10:26 AM
- Free Tibet? You support nationalism
- Stand with Ukraine? You support nationalism
- Glad we fought the War of Independence? You support nationalism.
Civic Nationalism doesn't have to mean racial superiority, ethnocentrism, violent war, etc. All it means is
1) You believe that different regions with different cultural makeup should have sovereignty over how the rules that make sense for their given culture.
2) You support other country's rights to self-determination, and oppose foreign despots who seek to overtake them
3) You realize that the only way to get through a period of crisis is to focus on what is the same about people, and not what is different. This doesn't mean we can't celebrate differences. It just means that those aren't things we're really going to bond over. People bond over what they have in common: common interests, common experiences, common triumphs/losses, common values.
4) You are a okay with some type of immigration. In fact, sometimes you encourage it, but only immigration of people who will reinforce your country's values and prosperity, not people who will be a net-burden or oppose those values.
5) You believe in making decisions based on what is in the best interest of your country, rather than making ideologically-driven sacrifices for foreign nations (ex: Ukraine and Russia
)
- Stand with Ukraine? You support nationalism
- Glad we fought the War of Independence? You support nationalism.
Civic Nationalism doesn't have to mean racial superiority, ethnocentrism, violent war, etc. All it means is
1) You believe that different regions with different cultural makeup should have sovereignty over how the rules that make sense for their given culture.
2) You support other country's rights to self-determination, and oppose foreign despots who seek to overtake them
3) You realize that the only way to get through a period of crisis is to focus on what is the same about people, and not what is different. This doesn't mean we can't celebrate differences. It just means that those aren't things we're really going to bond over. People bond over what they have in common: common interests, common experiences, common triumphs/losses, common values.
4) You are a okay with some type of immigration. In fact, sometimes you encourage it, but only immigration of people who will reinforce your country's values and prosperity, not people who will be a net-burden or oppose those values.
5) You believe in making decisions based on what is in the best interest of your country, rather than making ideologically-driven sacrifices for foreign nations (ex: Ukraine and Russia
)
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