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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 87258"><p>It has indeed changed, but yeah, I wasn't actually wasn't referring to its current incarnation as "New Nationalism" (though I probably should have, because as you say it's a concept that has evolved dramatically in the last half century). Through this intense rebirth of the concept it is very interesting how the key claim about the importance of the 'nation-state' seems to miss the fact that no such state actually exists... By that I mean a state that is entirely made up and represented by a single nation... it's a highly romantic concept and one really just used (as you've pointed out) to achieve some degree of political unity so as to avoid major internal conflicts and keep the aid economic development.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And this is proof of it... things are deteriorating at a rapid rate, aided by many of the wonderful effects of economic globalisation, like the "race to the bottom" phenomenon (wages go down in developed states because many industries can't compete with cheaper foreign markets), and the general redistribution of wealth which has seen the largest gap between rich and poor in human history. This "New Nationalism" is a weak thread just barely holding things togeather (and it isn't just in the US), but it's not sustainable, as with rampant poverty and ever weakening social safety nets desperation and dissent slowly rises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 87258"] It has indeed changed, but yeah, I wasn't actually wasn't referring to its current incarnation as "New Nationalism" (though I probably should have, because as you say it's a concept that has evolved dramatically in the last half century). Through this intense rebirth of the concept it is very interesting how the key claim about the importance of the 'nation-state' seems to miss the fact that no such state actually exists... By that I mean a state that is entirely made up and represented by a single nation... it's a highly romantic concept and one really just used (as you've pointed out) to achieve some degree of political unity so as to avoid major internal conflicts and keep the aid economic development. And this is proof of it... things are deteriorating at a rapid rate, aided by many of the wonderful effects of economic globalisation, like the "race to the bottom" phenomenon (wages go down in developed states because many industries can't compete with cheaper foreign markets), and the general redistribution of wealth which has seen the largest gap between rich and poor in human history. This "New Nationalism" is a weak thread just barely holding things togeather (and it isn't just in the US), but it's not sustainable, as with rampant poverty and ever weakening social safety nets desperation and dissent slowly rises. [/QUOTE]
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