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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Apr 13, 2009 22:17:29 GMT -5
In the west I have seen political nationalist diaspora who have chosen to never see their country from where they come from due to political reasons. This simply put means choosing something essentially as trivial as a political view over land of your forefathers.
Trivial since people change the political views with passing times as if they were more durable toilet paper thus void of permanent value.
Essentially politics is a more elevated form of theater to entertain masses and divert their attention from real culprits whom they should be observing. Figures presented in front of masses are nothing more then actors, disposable by nature - scape goats if you will.
Example of 80s Yugoslavia where entire country was leftist and Yugoslav oriented for most part only to have masses manipulated into nationalist hysteria (within 1-2 years span during war chaos that turns normal population psychotic fast compatible to a moment that takes for a glass to brake) we have seen in the 90s can only be explained by the fact that masses have no opinion but merely follow as if sheep.
Is nationalism a form of mass schizophrenia? (shaped on paranoia and dislike of others)
If so is there a cure in a form of true Patriotism. (one that unconditionally loves one land and culture void of dislike of others)
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Post by Novus Dis on Apr 14, 2009 2:31:57 GMT -5
Disliking foreign concepts isn't a necessity of Nationalism. It's true that Nationalists tend to be Reactionary in nature but their ultimate goal isn't too different from the goal of Patriots. Where Nationalism and Patriotism are fundamentally different is that Nationalism is unable to exist without the concept of a state whereas Patriotism can exist without the state and usually exists in spite of the state. So the difference is that Nationalists tend to be for the government whereas Patriots tend to be against the government. It's open to interpretation, though.
Keep in mind that Patriots can be just as Xenophobic or Reactionary as Nationalists and usually are. And I for one think that there is nothing wrong with Xenophobic or Reactionary ideals as those ideals and those like them will inevitably bring about the survival of Serbs as a distinct people whereas the opposite of those two ideals and those like them will inevitably bring about the destruction of Serbs as a distinct people.
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