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by iammisc 1689 days ago
Europe, the US, Canada, Japan, and S Korea are all incredibly nationalistic to varying different levels.

How do you know someone's a European? They tell you all about how Europe is better than America?

How do you know someone is american? They tell you all about how great America's freedom is?

Japan is one of the most nationalistic countries on the planet.

So is South Korea.

Your claim that these countries are 'internationalist' is based on a flimsy understanding of their self-interested cooperation.

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> How do you know someone's a European? They tell you all about how Europe is better than America?

> How do you know someone is american? They tell you all about how great America's freedom is?

That doesn't match my experience of many Americans and Europeans. It also doesn't seem to fit a definition of "incredibly nationalistic". Incredibly nationalistic leads countries to wars and massacres, such as in Bosnia, Rwanda, Germany in WWII, etc. The EU and the US aren't going to war or massacring anyone.

The term 'European' is a strong sign of modern internationalism.