Had a whole tweetstorm in my mind about how anti-nationalism is a form of self-hatred. But then I spent hours working outside in the sun & now I'm too tired to write. So instead I'll just be grateful for humanity's progress towards material abundance and knowledge work.
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Replying to @patrissimo
I'm anti-nationalist and I don't hate myself, thank you very much.
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Replying to @ArthurB @patrissimo
Neither do I. I don't get this claim. I also don't see why I should be loyal to an abstraction. I'm loyal to friends, to family, to important ideals. To a particular plot of ground? To a particular government no matter what its actions? Why should that be something I want?
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Replying to @perrymetzger @ArthurB
Whether or not you want it, it is the reality for you and most of the world that their nation (and its plot of land) is a group they are part of, and stuck with, that greatly affects their lives. Why not embrace that and enjoy it?
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If you mean support of one’s country, why not call it patriotism? I often find American patriotism beautiful. And it is very different from what many call “nationalism” in the late 2010s.
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I wanted to defend the word Universalists use to criticize it, as a sort of Russell's Conjugation steelman. "Patriotism" requires no defense, it's a good word applied to the ingroup. "Nationalism" is the evil tendency of outgroups to take pride in their political units.
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Arguing for “nationalism” on the grounds of its ancillary advantages is not patriotic, just as arguing for religion on the grounds of its ancillary advantages is not how sincere religious belief works on the inside.
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