"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."
Unfortunately, we won't see anti-nationalism coming to the same level as atheism even in our lifetimes. When I express this kind of view even the more liberal people in my circle say this is too extreme.
I am not advocating for any kind of anarchism, or saying government is bad. Nationalism is.
Nation A and Nation B go to war. Do you care who wins? If you don't care, there's something wrong with you. If you do care, people will accuse of being a nationalist.
At the end of the day we need to distinguish between racism and nationalism. Some nations are simply better places to live than others.
Both countries are, as you said, Hypothetical.
> Some nations are simply better places to live than others
Depends on the definition of "better".
I wish we'd just get done with it but I have the same sadness that it's going to take a few more hundred years at least.
It's when it turns to extremism that it gets ugly and bad.
That’s a great sentiment to have about your family maybe but not about an abstract concept, as it becomes as evil as religion and any similar instance.
Neoliberalism is clearly anti-nationalism, and it's been the dominant ideology for at least 3 decades. Neoliberalism seeks to eradicate borders, weaken states, and empower transnational corporations to privatize and exploit the resources of once-sovereign countries.
There's been a "war on nations" since WW2 and the rise of the superpowers, and only in the last decade has the tide started to turn.
A key fact is that Reagan was not a nationalist, he was an anti-nationalist that used purely performative, aesthetic nationalism to disguise neoliberal policies.
It happens to villianize non-interventionist nations like Cuba while excusing the enormous crimes of transnational neoliberalism.