Nationalism is still super scary and I'm super shaking right now just having read that.
Remember that time @adolfhitler had that anschluss with "Austria," and the Czechs? Next thing you know, the National Socialists "invaded" Poland to get that land back too. All that wasn't right.
The Germans entered WWI like last because of defense pacts then got all that land they stole during the 30's because they wanted to take over the world.
Stalin invaded Poland around the same time as Germany. The USSR kept their portion of Poland after the Nationalist Socialist Imperial Germans tried to steal those aforementioned parts of Poland.
It was crazy. Don't mess with the Jews Communist Jews Zionists God's Chosen People!
@openparadigm is a nice guy btw. I owe him a reply - I think.
Friendly suggestion:
Put what you've been told and what you think you know aside. Then reread the post.
I addressed what you are talking about specifically IN the post.
I specifically spoke about Hitler and Mussolini.
Nationalism is not imperialism. Hitler and Mussolini were both imperialistic. Sure they used the label Nationalism but that was simply propaganda to manipulate their people and get them to support them. They truly had ambitions beyond their own borders. They were Imperialists, not nationalists.
Yet even back then Imperialism was considered a bad thing. So of course they are not going to claim to be Imperialists.
Nationalism is simply having pride and focusing on your own nation first. It does not mean you will not help other nations (if they want it, and you can do so without hurting your own nation). I explained this all in the post.
If you are shaking then you need to take a deep breath. meditate, and try reading it again.
The word Nationalist today has been hijacked and instilled with fear as a propaganda tool.
Yes it is equated with Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and others. Yet that is why I actually wrote the post. They were not nationalists. They were imperialists.
They thought they had the right, the moral imperative, and even possibly an obligation to force their vision upon others outside of their nation's borders.
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