How to Resist Nationalism
Be aware of the ideas and achievements of your nation without confusing Patriotism with what is just and correct., Study the historical origins of national borders., Study the military history of your nation critically., Consider the ways in which...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Be aware of the ideas and achievements of your nation without confusing Patriotism with what is just and correct.
Nationalism often plays upon patriotism to convince some to violate their principles.
During W.W.II, thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned (had their freedom taken away) in order to protect American freedom.
Almost nobody argued against it.
Strange thing for "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." -
Step 2: Study the historical origins of national borders.
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.”– Eugene Debs Consider the interests you have in common internationally with others.
Compare these with the interests with those in common nationality. , "Devotion to the nation is perhaps the deepest and most widespread religion of the present age.
Like the ancient religions, it demands its persecutions, its holocausts, its lurid, heroic cruelties; like them, it is noble, primitive, brutal and mad." Bertrand Russell G.
K.
Chesterton once wrote, "My country, right or wrong, is a thing no true patriot would think of saying.
It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober'".
No flag is big enough to cover up the killing of innocent people ,, Watch La Grande Illusion (1937), regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. ,,, -
Step 3: Study the military history of your nation critically.
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Step 4: Consider the ways in which the state affect freedoms individually and also collectively.
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Step 5: Compare rich nations (their empires and imperialism) to poor nations and reflect on the similarities
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Step 6: causes
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Step 7: and solutions.
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Step 8: Read about the plight of migrants and migration generally and research the supporters of the abolition of all national borders.
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Step 9: Compare the free movement of capital between nations to the free movement of labour.
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Step 10: If you can
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Step 11: seek out information on stateless societies.
Detailed Guide
Nationalism often plays upon patriotism to convince some to violate their principles.
During W.W.II, thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned (had their freedom taken away) in order to protect American freedom.
Almost nobody argued against it.
Strange thing for "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave."
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.”– Eugene Debs Consider the interests you have in common internationally with others.
Compare these with the interests with those in common nationality. , "Devotion to the nation is perhaps the deepest and most widespread religion of the present age.
Like the ancient religions, it demands its persecutions, its holocausts, its lurid, heroic cruelties; like them, it is noble, primitive, brutal and mad." Bertrand Russell G.
K.
Chesterton once wrote, "My country, right or wrong, is a thing no true patriot would think of saying.
It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober'".
No flag is big enough to cover up the killing of innocent people ,, Watch La Grande Illusion (1937), regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. ,,,
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