tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post4472445157212383786..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : European countries are becoming immigrant societies like the USA, without any discussionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-59857509682769528692021-07-31T19:03:11.245+03:002021-07-31T19:03:11.245+03:00Interesting point about monarchies. The lack of a ...Interesting point about monarchies. The lack of a monarch is usually a very great defect, but the the Roman Republic flourished mightily and so did the Serene Republic of Venice. France is a prime example of the evil effects of being a proposition nation, as is America. Neither is really a proposition nation but each thinks she is. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-89511223619565690022021-07-29T01:37:53.213+03:002021-07-29T01:37:53.213+03:00But has this happened in real nations?
I'd sa...<em>But has this happened in real nations?</em><br /><br />I'd say that a proper nation has to be a monarchy (a real monarchy, not an absurd fake monarchy like the UK). Loyalty to the king is the glue that holds a nation together. Remove monarchy and you have a proposition nation, which is an abstract nation that cannot survive in the long term.<br /><br />The US is the proof that proposition nations are an absurdity, and everyone wants to emulate the US.<br /><br />Was the American Revolution the worst disaster in modern history? I'd say yes.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-24074238476411732962021-07-28T07:34:00.981+03:002021-07-28T07:34:00.981+03:00The problem, if there is one with nation states, i...The problem, if there is one with nation states, is not the disappearance of the state but the decline in importance of the idea of the nation. But has this happened in real nations?Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-7998779339971469842021-07-27T19:09:12.071+03:002021-07-27T19:09:12.071+03:00I don't see why the bureaucratic welfarist lib...I don't see why the bureaucratic welfarist liberal state should seem more distant than the state as it was in 1914, when as AJP Taylor pointed out the only time when the man in the street came into contact with it was when he went into the Post Office. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-2490632196890918992021-07-27T01:06:26.888+03:002021-07-27T01:06:26.888+03:00What I think we're looking at is the failure o...What I think we're looking at is the failure of the nation state idea. The modern nation state is, to most people, an abstraction. It's an abstraction because government is now so remote from the people. How many people today believe that their MP actually represents their interests? How many people in the West today truly believe that the government cares about people like them? And the modern nation state is now the modern bureaucratic nation state, not just remote but hostile and oppressive.<br /><br />Liberal democracy and modern nation states simply no longer command any genuine loyalty. Such loyalty as people now have to those things is entirely dependent on the ability of liberal democracy and the modern nation state to deliver a high material standard of living. Once they are no longer able to deliver that then loyalty to liberal democracy and the nation state will evaporate overnight.<br /><br />Since people no longer feel any connection to the modern state it's not surprising that the question of the ethnic makeup of the nation is now a matter of indifference to them. If you no longer feel any connectedness to Germany, or Britain, or Australia, then why would you care if the ethnic makeup of your country changes?dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com