Category Archives: Nationalism

Lawrence Summers: ‘How to embrace nationalism responsibly’

As soon as I read that headline in the Washington Post, I thought, Jews! Responsible nationalism from a Jewish perspective is nationalism that does not threaten Jews. In other words, neutered nationalism. Jews tend to fear gentile nationalisms because by … Continue reading

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WP: Dallas gunman studied ‘shoot and move’ tactics, black nationalism

Does nationalism cause people to kill? No more than religion or other common political ideologies such as socialism. All nationalisms contain the capacity for genocide. All nationalisms contain a victimhood and all forms of victimhood contain a nationalism. Different groups … Continue reading

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Vox: ‘Ethnic nationalism is bad for the Jews’

What they mean to say is “Gentile ethnic nationalism is bad for the Jews.” From Matthew Yglesias at VOX: That Trump’s efforts to mobilize white nationalism as a force in American politics has inadvertently also mobilized anti-Semitism does not come … Continue reading

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Does Nationalism Cause War?

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Nationalism makes a people attractive, just as self-confidence makes people attractive. * So nationalism causes war? That’s funny. Ever since the Arab nationalism movement was crushed in the 60s, the Middle East seems to have … Continue reading

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Forward: Reclaiming a Star-Spangled Progressive Patriotism in the Age of Donald Trump

Jay Michaelson writes: It’s July 4 weekend, and we’re all watching the fireworks together: my partner and I, and a few hundred strangers. And it occurs to me: What I love about America is not what the loudest America-lovers love. … Continue reading

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