Hovannes wrote: ↑17 Jan 2023, 06:08
It's a wobbly term at best, depending on what exactly is meant.
In traditional parlance, it's a social construct of unifying laws and culture contained within a border.
In modern parlance, it state mandated tyranny(such as taking away gas stoves or the sexual indoctrination of children according to the state )
Yes. Very wobbly.
Before WWII, the political terms "left" and "right" represented the two types of socialist tyranny. "Left" was communism, who favored a global revolution over national identity. And "Right" was nationalist military socialism, represented by Hitler and Mussolini and Franco.
There was a whole other class of normal people, who weren't socialists. They believed in families and private property. A middle class of patriots who loved their home and country (without hating or worshipping their government).
That language is gone. The modern propaganda uses "nationalist" to describe normal patriots. Trump never called himself a nationalist -- only his opponents said that. They wanted to associate Trump with Hitler, of all people.
Our modern Leftist tyranny is essentially "nationalist," in that we are supposed to honor and worship the State (the CDC, DOJ, FBI, "Intelligence Community," "Biden Administration," etc.).
And we are supposed to hate every good thing -- marriage, family, God, religion, the American Flag. And weirdly enough, we are supposed to hate "America." Because America is an
idea -- something apart from the "State," which is really just the oligarchy of liberal elites who happen to be ruling over us at the present time.
We end up with a weird paradox where the present "nationalism" demands that we must hate America. The very idea of "Make America Great Again" is anathema. Wearing a MAGA hat or sticking an American Flag decal on your car brands you as a potential "domestic terrorist."
This is an insane time. The actual nationalist tyranny demands us to express disdain for our country! It's Orwellian to the max.
"It is whatever The Party tells us it is."