Nationalists vs Cosmopolitans

~ Clarissa

The dichotomy of nationalists versus cosmopolitans is entirely spurious. The lives of “nationalists” are as cosmopolitized as anybody else’s because they can do nothing to exclude themselves from being affected by global risks. They enjoy every benefit of the global world that they manage to reach and only remember to dust off their nationalist rhetoric when the risks become too daunting and somebody else gets better rewards. The actual, red-blooded nationalism of “ask not what your country” is as alien to them as to any jet-hopping, passport-swapping cosmopolitan.

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  1. “The actual, red-blooded nationalism of “ask not what your country” is as alien to them as to any jet-hopping, passport-swapping cosmopolitan.”

    I would say that ‘ask not what your country’ is patriotism, not nationalism.

    Red-blooded nationalism is more like ‘my country, right or wrong’, defending one’s country no matter what it does.

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    1. Patriotism directed towards the imaginary community of a nation as opposed to a real community of a village or a small town was created in order to make nationalism possible.

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  2. “The actual, red-blooded nationalism of “ask not what your country” is as alien to them as to any jet-hopping, passport-swapping cosmopolitan.”

    Which brings us to the point that pseudo nationalist Hillary Clinton is totally screwed as of today.

    “Clinton has previously said she destroyed “personal emails,” but this is the first time her aides have said she got rid of official State documents that are considered public records, according to the Post.”

    http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/286435-huma-abedin-clinton-state-schedules-destroyed

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