Originally Posted by
Chisa
This is what wikipedia says about nationalism:
Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by promoting the interests of a particular nation, particularly with the aim of gaining and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, over the group's homeland. The political ideology therefore holds that a nation should govern itself, free from unwanted outside interference, and is linked to the concept of self-determination. Nationalism is further oriented towards developing and maintaining a national identity based on shared characteristics such as culture, language, race, religion, political goals or a belief in a common ancestry.[1][2] Nationalism therefore seeks to preserve the nation's culture. It often also involves a sense of pride in the nation's achievements, and is closely linked to the concept of patriotism.
It's basically the reason why trump was elected. because of "america first" which isnt a bad thing tbh. Why should it? people arent all altruists. It kinda is against self-preservation honestly. But I'm going down the path of darkness which gets me easily banned ...so ...wikipedia. talk about that definition which is by far the most neutrral thing I've read so far about this topic.