nationalism

We've been kicking national anthems, especially the Star Spangled Banner, around one or two threads lately. Maybe the general topic would be fun to chew. My gf asked, last night at dinner, "What is a national anthem for?" B'damn if I'd ever wondered before. I had to counter with a bright remark...

http://www.eurasiareview.com/russians-beyond-urals-%E2%80%98no-longer-want-to-be-russians%E2%80%99-census-finds-02032011/ I think this image accurately explains the sentiment. Maybe there will one day be an actually democratic and west friendly state there?

Just saw a link to this website and i thought it was an intresting read, essentially its a website that criticizes modern Capitalism but, suprise suprise not written by Communists but national-socialists. The website is called Antikap.nu , and while its in Swedish i think Google-translate does...

I think its odd that we adhere to Einstein's thoughts on physics but neglect his thoughts on humanity. Isn't nationalism the same as patriotism. Does not being a patriot one an enemy of the people or an enemy of the state, neither or both ? Remember if Einstein(German native) had been a patriot...

Of course we all reject magic and religion. They aren't scientific and employ the methods of charlatans. So we also reject all ideas that cannot bear scrutiny. We have no national identity because patriotism and nationalism are simply mystical concepts that have no basis in empiricism. We...

National Identity Nationalism is an important element of progress simply because it can be a large part of one’s social identity that motivates him to go above and beyond animal mentality, along with his civilization’s communities. Unfortunately, nationalism is often manipulated by the elite...

Northern Ireland is experiencing some of its worse violence for many years and why? Because a "religious" group can't march down a certain street because there would be clashes with a different "religious" group... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4233850.stm Is Christianity at the...

Why I dislike nationalism. It's selfish - we're part of a very successful union, we should share our resources (oil, gas, football managers) with the less fortunate among us. Wales for instance. In return we get all the benefits being in the big boy's gang brings. Low interest rates, stable...

My country right or wrong but my country. How smart is that belief?

Looking down at the world from the moral high ground (where I like to spend my afternoons) I notice that many of its problems are either caused by nationalism or made more difficult to solve by nationalism. The idea of drawing lines on maps and assigning absolute sovereignty to the nations thus...

Oh sure its a feel good patriotic movie about the 80 Olympic hockey team, and thats great. Except for one thing, THOSE HOLLYWOOD PRICKS FILMED THE MOVIE IN CANADA!!! So its OK to make millions off patriotism but god forbid they spend the money to make the thing in the US. Where it happened...