Friday, June 07, 2019

QOTD, June 7, 2019



Important point to ponder. External Affairs Minister on rise of nationalism says, ‘nationalism in Asia is a nationalism of confidence while nationalism in other places is a nationalism of insecurity’.
https://twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/1136497816686276623
Posted by Arun at 8:35 AM
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Guest · 303 weeks ago

Possibly so, but both are dangerous - the latter quite possibly more so.
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macgupta 81p · 303 weeks ago

Dangerous to whom? Overconfidence?
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Guest · 303 weeks ago

For a start, it's dangerous for local minorities and other vulnerable groups, as we have seen in India and the US. Ultimately it can be catastrophic for all concerned, as it was for Athens and Sparta, Europe in the first and second world wars, and nearly was for India and Pakistan in their latest nationalism fest. History is littered with the corpses of nationalist nations and their populations.
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macgupta 81p · 302 weeks ago

As far as India is concerned, I think you need to watch this Karan Thapar interview of Arif Mohammad Khan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok9WTEcrcjA&f...

In general the situation I see is analogous to this - as much as history permits an analogy - after 1865, the Union should have totally crushed and eradicated any trace of Confederacy, instead of allowing it to arise again and consume so many people for the next century and a half and continuing. But no doubt this would be called today Yankee nationalism.

As to the dangers, predatory Islam and predatory Christianity are the dangers, creating conflict wherever they operate - in Africa, in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East of course. Nationalism fueled by rising aspirations is a lesser threat.
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macgupta 81p · 301 weeks ago

Also, nationalism was key in driving out and ending the European colonial empires. Perhaps countries that didn't have sufficient nationalism but instead were agglomerations of people put together by the empire (e.g., Iraq) or that relied on religion rather than nationalism (e.g., Pakistan) haven't done well.

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