Us and Them; The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism

Foreign Affairs ^ | March/April 2008 | Jerry Z. Muller

[Lorianne]

Summary: Americans generally belittle the role of ethnic nationalism in politics. But in fact, it corresponds to some enduring propensities of the human spirit, it is galvanized by modernization, and in one form or another, it will drive global politics for generations to come. Once ethnic nationalism has captured the imagination of groups in a multiethnic society, ethnic disaggregation or partition is often the least bad answer.

[weegee]

"The very idea of a 'Jewish state' ... is an anachronism."

Not in a world where the Left insists that Christians stay out of Iraq because it violates their "religious sovereignty". There are plenty of examples of muslim states. Places where non-muslims are treated as second class citizens under the law and where muslims are prohibited from converting away from Islam.

[MrB]

Leftists hate the West and its culture. You’ll never see them criticizing any other culture.

[353FMG]

“Places where non-muslims are treated as second class citizens under the law and where muslims are prohibited from converting away from Islam.

Can you give an example of a Muslim state where non-Muslims DO HAVE religious freedom? And yet, we still have politicians who claim that Islam is a ROP. As these politicians lie through their teeth, you wonder what else they lie about.

[weegee]

George Orwell observed the same thing of Socialists in the West and their love of all things Communist including Joe Stalin.