| It's sadly a bit worse than religious nationalism. It's start with that common religious nationalist myth: 'We are the best/greatest in the world, because god made us So (baked just right).' Then continue with a that bit that separate it from Cesarism (and Stalinisme): 'But we aren't the greatest country in the world, we aren't at our rightful place: ahead of our ennemies'. Then you have different follow-up. A Maoist 'we should improve and work hard, especially you, to make up for it', Or a more fascist/whiny approach 'its because of those pesky I internal traitors (usually Jews, sometimes communists, it seems to be Muslims in India currently)'. The issue is that India nationalism is moving from a somehow Maoist mythos (except with more competent leadership, which isn't hard tbh) to a victim hood, whiney myth that imho lead to at best reactionary thinking, at worst fascism (I don't think they're there at all, I don't think they can their society is too much... Indian? to be really fascist, but I can see castes becoming a real thing again.) In general, I think nationalism is like being proud of something you don't control and don't have any impact on, so a bit dumb, but Human. I'm OK with it, mostly. But add paranoid victimhood to nationalism and you have the dumbest ideology in the world. |