Wednesday Thought: Nationalism

Hello there Gentle Readers. After yesterdays rather unpleasent events with the 'lady' from Latvia, I thought I would use the opportunity to do a post about nationalism.

Nationalism can be a positive force in the world, pride in ones country is important but blind patriotism which leads to the kind of nationalism that saw Donald Trump elected, the UK leaving the EU or the rise of Fascism in the 1930's should never be tolerated.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Charles de Gaulle

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

George Orwell

Trump is a product of a seething populism and nationalism that is the driving political force.

Stephen Bannon

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.

Richard Aldington

Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.

Noam Chomsky

This thing called nationalism is a treasure that a country uses to try to develop and a nationality uses to try to survive. China has lost this treasure.

Sun Yat-Sen

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