Communisms main enemy, Marx thought he could unite all workers and he was wrong, he underestimated nationalism.

So branding nationalism as anything bad, racist etc is the Dem(social marxist) game plan because Communism cannot defeat it. So marginalizing nationalism is their next step.

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Posted by Dale51

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 11:30 am to GetCocky11

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I think it is the extreme nativism that many have an issue with. You can be nationalistic while not being nativist.

How do you define that line? How do the characteristics differ, one from the other?

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Posted by buckeye_vol

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 11:33 am to ninthward

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Communisms main enemy, Marx thought he could unite all workers and he was wrong, he underestimated nationalism.

Capitalism and libertarianism are communisms main enemies.

And to the extent that Nationalism moves away from those principle, then it no longer stands in communisms way.

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Posted by ninthward

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 11:43 am to buckeye_vol

Marx and nationalism

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Posted by NC_Tigah

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 11:47 am to TigerMikeAtl

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Why is nationalism such a bad thing?

In the past it has led to war

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Posted by vitamix

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 12:40 pm to TigerMikeAtl

There's NOTHING wrong with nationalism. However, "white nationalism" is a particular brand that allows extreme discrimination bordering or equaling what folks like David Duke want. The phrase "white nationalists" refer to a distinct brand, it doesn't just mean nationalists who are white.

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Posted by vitamix

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 12:44 pm to ninthward

My point is that the news generally is talking bad about white nationalism, not nationalism...although I have seen a small bit of the latter, at least in the primaries.

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Posted by LG2BAMA

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 12:46 pm to TigerMikeAtl

because nationalism makes white people happy.

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Posted by Mir

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Posted on 11/16/16 at 12:47 pm to TigerMikeAtl

Because the only examples they can think of are , nazi Germany communist Russia, North Korea etc

They fail to realize based on Canada's extremely difficult path to citizenship they're pretty nationalist

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