Is nationalism a political product or an human need?
Is nationalism on a world wide base a bless or a burden?
2006-10-23 06:03:37 · 16 answers · asked by alcáçovas 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Nationalism is what makes you proud of your ethnicity. It is a shame if anyone lives on the planet without that
2006-10-23 06:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nationalism is not a political product, Nationalism is bonding with the people in the society you live. Nationalism gives you an identity. When you are born you bond with your mother then your father, brothers and sisters and so on. Your needs are the same as everyones needs in the society you live so you can identify where your loyalty lies. The society you live in protects you from
those outside that community and teaches you brotherhood.
Is Nationalism a burden? Well it can be if you have not bonded and do not accept the rules of your society ,but, generally not; you have to have values and without the values imposed on you by society then anarchy will prevail.
2006-10-23 14:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by Redmonk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I believe in nationalism. It gives one an identity and a feeling of belonging. I don't believe that it is racist. One can be proud to be Irish, English, Welsh etc and still welcome peoples from different ethnic groups to live in the national territory they call home.
It would only become a burden if one was to let it destroy ones outlook on the world view and use it as a tool of hate like the Nazis did.
2006-10-23 14:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Firbolg 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem I have with nationalism is when some people feel unable to show their pride for their country without being horrible to or persecuting people from another.
Im Welsh and my BF is English. We live in Wales. He has a strong Cockney/London accent which makes him stand out as soon as he opens his mouth.
He has had to put up with so much nasty crap from small minded individuals who seem to feel they can't be a good Welsh person unless they are being horrible to an Englishman. He was beaten up outside a chip shop on the night of an England/Wales Rugby international by some stupid valleys boys. His car is constantly being damaged by local kids.
It makes me feel ashamed to be Welsh to see how narrow minded and vicious "my" people can be.
There is nothing wrong with being proud of where you come from and who you are but it IS wrong when you use that to direct hatred and persecution against other people. Especially when you have no real historical knowledge of "why" you are supposed to be doing this (as none of these bozos have - they were told that the English and Welsh fought at one point - actually it was the French Normans and the Welsh - and they assume that "hating" English people is part of being proud to be Welsh. Its not)
Incidentally, I lived in England for a while and NEVER experienced any nastiness about my being Welsh. Most of the people I met loved my accent and were very interested in Wales.
2006-10-23 15:24:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I strongly believe in Nationalism, But as you will have seen on this site there is a large section of small minded people who accuse anyone who is proud of their country and nationality of racism. I fonly they had the brain power to see the difference!
2006-10-23 13:18:30 · answer #5 · answered by kbw 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do I believe in it? Anyone who answers no should crawl back in his/her cave. It is a fact of life. We are tribal creatures so we need to identify with something, be it tribe, nation, faith, something else or a combination of the above. As far as whether it is good or bad, it can be either. It all depends on how it is manifested.
2006-10-23 13:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think nationalism has been out of favour in countries like England for some time. Perhaps the rise of multiculturism accounted for this. People seem to think that nationalism will lead to extremism.
2006-10-23 14:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by lankhai2006 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nationalism usually includes doing the goose step and hurding people into concentration camps and gassing them. I am agin it.
2006-10-26 14:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nationalism is a tool of division, a disease which turns humans against one another for nations that couldn't give a damn.
Im not the most patriotic person, if you can tell *shudders*
2006-10-23 13:06:44 · answer #9 · answered by thomas p 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes. If you had children, you'd understand...
My son and I can argue all we want, here at home. When we are in public, we don't. It's him and me against the world.
2006-10-23 13:08:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋