We don’t have civic nationalism in the US, so I’m not sure how the US is a good example. If we did, there would be a non-ethnic National identity. We don’t have that. FFS, we’ve spent the last four decades actively destroying any reminant of an identity.
One weakness of 'civic nationalism' is that, in the absence of a unified culture, population, morality, or set of civilizational aspirations, the only thing that's really holding the country together is the economy. What happens to such a nation when the economy fails?
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Yep. Even if we did have civic nationalism, we'd be in trouble. But we don't even have that any more.
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To be fair, the civic nationalist would say that what’s holding us together is not the economy, but devotion to a set of documents and institutions. Of course, COVID-19 is starting to erode their legitimacy...
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That devotion to documents may prove paper-thin if unemployment hits 25%
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Yep. Nobody seems to be seriously gaming out the geopolitical implications of the pandemic.
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Disagree. Civic nationalism held the USA together through the Great Depression. It can be a strong force if cultivated which it is not currently.
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America was close to one culture back then.
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The three major networks used to bring us together. The fairness doctrine used to help us take each others' perspectives. Cable, talk radio, the internet, and especially social media have allowed us to drift apart. For good and ill.
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Uhh, isnt there supposed to be those truths we hold self-evident? Of course they seem to amount to very little in the end at least it seems so from outside. That's why I base my politics at least in part on maintaining cultural homogeneity while its still possible
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Lots of disagreement on those "self-evident" truths.
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