"Anti-Nationalist Civics"....What?

[David Horn]

(07-08-2022, 10:32 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(07-08-2022, 05:54 PM)nguyenivy Wrote: Maybe it's time for a civic generation that is cosmopolitan.

I can see why you would say this, but imo, it is unlikely for reasons listed below. With that said, I'm not against being cosmopolitan (quite the opposite. I have great respect for men of culture). I also don't think these things have to be mutually exclusive. I consider myself a "libertarian nationalist". Part of the reason I am a nationalist is precisely because I love traveling to other countries and experiencing their culture. I want all kinds of countries to be proud of their culture, because I want people in those countries to be inspired to keep doing what their country does best. I want 
- Japan to keep producing the best anime and sushi
- Italy to keep producing the best opera 
- Taiwan to keep producing the best tea
- France to keep producing the best cheese
- Ukraine to keep producing the best music 
and, in our case
- the US to keep producing the best entrepreneurs.

I can't speak very highly of your examples.  I would ceratinly have chosen others.  One stands out as demonstably false: Americ'a dominance in entrepeneurs.  If I asked: which countries produce the most business startups per capita?, tha answer would be Sweden and Finland.  Why?  Because the cost of failure is low.  Having a failed business will not deatroy a person or, worse, a family financially.  Given that, it's worth taking the shot -- moreso than here.