11-02-2018, 01:19 PM
There's been a lot of uproar over Trump describing himself as a nationalist and what that means. The Mirriam Webster definition of the term is as follows;
Definition of nationalism
1 : loyalty and devotion to a nation
especially : a sense of national consciousness (see CONSCIOUSNESS sense 1c) exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
Now, those who took the eight values test I posted in a previous thread know that on that spectrum I scored far to the nationalist side of the value chart. Given that I realize I am biased in that direction. However, even given that, and based on the actual definition of the word, would we, as a nation, not want every single POTUS we ever have to be a nationalist? They are the President of the United States, should not the United States be their primary concern at all time?
Definition of nationalism
1 : loyalty and devotion to a nation
especially : a sense of national consciousness (see CONSCIOUSNESS sense 1c) exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
Now, those who took the eight values test I posted in a previous thread know that on that spectrum I scored far to the nationalist side of the value chart. Given that I realize I am biased in that direction. However, even given that, and based on the actual definition of the word, would we, as a nation, not want every single POTUS we ever have to be a nationalist? They are the President of the United States, should not the United States be their primary concern at all time?
