08-16-2016, 05:59 AM
(08-15-2016, 10:24 PM)djam Wrote: What is wrong with a nationalist? I honestly havent even heard that term very much in life until Trump came out. Funny how that works.
Nationalism leads to blindness regarding the faults of your country. It is on part of fascism, the word you like to throw around, the other being authoritarianism. Nationalism throughout history has led to some pretty heinous acts committed against people under the guise of making a place better by getting rid of them. That is of course an extreme end, but it does regularly lead to racism and just not looking out for your fellow man.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
