| > State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its mouth: "I, the state, am the people." -- Friedrich Nietzsche Of course, Nietzsche wrote this before companies with "no I in team" and whatnot :P > What's wrong with having an independent sovereign government Nothing, but "nationalism" to me implies some sort identification with a symbol, rather than interacting with reality. Sufficiently developed individuals don't "belong to" groups, it's the other way around. Tribalism is a great method to stop that development dead in its tracks. http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat > The emotional urges which are inescapable, and are perhaps even necessary to political action, should be able to exist side by side with an acceptance of reality. In so far that is the case for what you would consider nationalism, carry on. To me, a sense of responsibility towards the place where you live and towards the people that live there is just that,
while nationalism adds more and only bad things to it. I generally see it used as crutch or excuse. |