Thank you. I am a fan of Orwell and other reformed communists like Tom Sowell, though I have always been pure, myself. :)
To me, the fundamental difference is that between country and government. They are not the same thing. Globalists, Regionalists, and Nationalists favor loyalty to the state, while Patriots favor loyalty to their people.
Governments, more formally, the hierarchically structured incumbent organized crime syndicate, always want you to think they are your country and require your devotion to their avarice and authority. Nationalists, et al, are aligned with the syndicate's jingoistic marketing slogans and willfully assist in coercively enforcing the state's decrees. Think of the fanged sheep enforcing mask and contact restrictions during the COVIDcon.
In contrast, a Patriot's strongest connection is to his family, then his homestead, his neighbors, his surrounding community, the management unit of nearby communities, and so on with ever-expanding areas and degrees of abstraction, The Patriot's allegiance naturally diffuses, like that of a light point source according to the inverse square law. The closer the connection, the stronger the bonds. The "old neighborhoods" of cities and the rural communities "back home" are examples of patriotic societal organization and affinity. An Amish barn raising might be the most vivid example.
Of course, the evil likes of killery want you to think in terms of global villages, instantaneously connected to your loved ones at the click of a mouse, by supervised police state networks. Yes, if you are pining, the welcome voice is a comfort, but it is never a substitute. Talk such as killery's is a progressive perversion of the concept of neighbors, dressing up nationalist statolatry in the language of physical human communities only isolates us from each other and leaves us vulnerable to the seductions of corporatism to fill our inevitable voids. Don't be fooled by such vile propaganda.
As much as I love Orwell, I have to ask, what is a nation? Is the American nation anyone, even if they just pitched up on these shores and asks for a handout.
Do we not have to know what our nation is before we plight our troth as patriots?
Excellent question, I think. One view is that a nation is the spatial boundary of a culture. Culture is the shared beliefs and behaviors of populations resulting from those people's interaction within communities of neighborhoods.
Thank you. I am a fan of Orwell and other reformed communists like Tom Sowell, though I have always been pure, myself. :)
To me, the fundamental difference is that between country and government. They are not the same thing. Globalists, Regionalists, and Nationalists favor loyalty to the state, while Patriots favor loyalty to their people.
Governments, more formally, the hierarchically structured incumbent organized crime syndicate, always want you to think they are your country and require your devotion to their avarice and authority. Nationalists, et al, are aligned with the syndicate's jingoistic marketing slogans and willfully assist in coercively enforcing the state's decrees. Think of the fanged sheep enforcing mask and contact restrictions during the COVIDcon.
In contrast, a Patriot's strongest connection is to his family, then his homestead, his neighbors, his surrounding community, the management unit of nearby communities, and so on with ever-expanding areas and degrees of abstraction, The Patriot's allegiance naturally diffuses, like that of a light point source according to the inverse square law. The closer the connection, the stronger the bonds. The "old neighborhoods" of cities and the rural communities "back home" are examples of patriotic societal organization and affinity. An Amish barn raising might be the most vivid example.
Of course, the evil likes of killery want you to think in terms of global villages, instantaneously connected to your loved ones at the click of a mouse, by supervised police state networks. Yes, if you are pining, the welcome voice is a comfort, but it is never a substitute. Talk such as killery's is a progressive perversion of the concept of neighbors, dressing up nationalist statolatry in the language of physical human communities only isolates us from each other and leaves us vulnerable to the seductions of corporatism to fill our inevitable voids. Don't be fooled by such vile propaganda.
As much as I love Orwell, I have to ask, what is a nation? Is the American nation anyone, even if they just pitched up on these shores and asks for a handout.
Do we not have to know what our nation is before we plight our troth as patriots?
Excellent question, I think. One view is that a nation is the spatial boundary of a culture. Culture is the shared beliefs and behaviors of populations resulting from those people's interaction within communities of neighborhoods.
But you probably already thought that. :)
https://substack.com/@fuscodthemeek/note/c-91389356
Regarding the word Orwell was looking for, I think "tribalism" would work about as well as any.
“My country right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
Basically, how you approach this phrase determines your camp.
Applying this rubric, I'm happily a lousy nationalist.