I don't need to like something to recognise that the alternative is far worse, or that cultures overwhelmingly don't mix. The "issue" (if you want to take it that far, which it isn't) is more the active nature that many nationalistic elements take. I'm also not a huge fan of how nationalism is often abused and deliberately muddled with state loyalty.
The ideal of nationalism versus the practice and application of nationalism are two different things, and while I'm not against the former, the latter is a bit more murkier. I'm not a fan of collectivism regardless of the collective, be it the communist variety or the nationalist variety (primarily ethno-nationalism). The collectivist nature is the element that I most struggle to find myself supporting. And maybe you'll find that makes me weak, or naively idealistic, or this, or that, and that's fine. I know that it's an area I haven't fully explored in myself, and know that there's some elements that don't robustly add up.
Because I'm not against the idea of immigration (presuming there is assimilation as opposed to the lie of multiculturalism). Isolationism isn't something I support either. But this globalist trajectory everything is heading towards is far, far worse than the negatives I see in either of those positions.
Really. We want to go down a "muh privilege" route? And you're gonna wonder why I'm not a fan of collectivism, especially when you use it interchangeably to refer to association.
What ground is left for you to stand on after all that? What do you like?
I don't need to like something to recognise that the alternative is far worse, or that cultures overwhelmingly don't mix. The "issue" (if you want to take it that far, which it isn't) is more the active nature that many nationalistic elements take. I'm also not a huge fan of how nationalism is often abused and deliberately muddled with state loyalty.
The ideal of nationalism versus the practice and application of nationalism are two different things, and while I'm not against the former, the latter is a bit more murkier. I'm not a fan of collectivism regardless of the collective, be it the communist variety or the nationalist variety (primarily ethno-nationalism). The collectivist nature is the element that I most struggle to find myself supporting. And maybe you'll find that makes me weak, or naively idealistic, or this, or that, and that's fine. I know that it's an area I haven't fully explored in myself, and know that there's some elements that don't robustly add up.
Because I'm not against the idea of immigration (presuming there is assimilation as opposed to the lie of multiculturalism). Isolationism isn't something I support either. But this globalist trajectory everything is heading towards is far, far worse than the negatives I see in either of those positions.
thanks to million years of collectivism, you can now navel gazing about the ills of collectivism, what a privilege.
Really. We want to go down a "muh privilege" route? And you're gonna wonder why I'm not a fan of collectivism, especially when you use it interchangeably to refer to association.