PragerU: “Nationalism is about a country charting its own course without international intervention” Also PragerU: “We must intervene in the Middle East to protect israel and fix the middle eastern nations ourselves. It is our duty to be the world police”
I think Prager is a Jew so of course he wants to protect Israel. Also, the Christians go along with it because they believe when a new Temple is built in Jerusalem (I think, it's been a while) that the Apocalypse will start.
To be fair, Prager U has also hosted pro-gay rights/marriage despite the fact Dennis Prager is against these things. I think he perfers a broad coalition of Conservative voices to a single narrative he himself constructs
"The Nazis were Socialist, it's in the name (National Socialism)" "The Nazis weren't Nationalist, even though it's in the name (National Socialism)" Love your hot takes TotallyALegitimateUniversity.
Nonomen I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights. Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly. After looking at his book. “The Virtue of Nationalism,” it goes on to show he is referencing the idea of the nationstate. I think this video was a little too ballsy to try and group nationalism without such distinction😂
Nationalism, in a way, in its extreme point, is fascism (Nazi Germany or Imperialist Japan) but its milder part is patriotism which basically means that you are just proud of your country/culture.
@@dageo4766 Well, fascism goes back to Mussolini (Italy), but nevermind. The issue is, that it's usually not that easy (and a matter of personal opinions) to draw commonly accepted lines between these gradations of nationalism. Prager U is nothing but a far right propaganda network, trying to redefine terms to make them fit their agenda. That's nothing, other extreme ideologists (left, right, religious or whatever) wouldn't do. But they are lying to drag as many ppl. as possible on their side of the political spectrum. So they're basically scum.
Compare the ideologies and you will realize that nazism and fascism, as terrible as they are, belong in reality to the far-left collection of bad ideas, together with comunism. They all derive from the worst of the marxist worldviews. People don't realize that, because lefty historians sold us a lie at the university campuses that the Left controls. If you live in freedom, is not thanks to Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Castro, Mao or Stalin. Thanks to whom or what, then? You already know the answer...
@@bOt-lh4lg your hatred is sad and you will claim to hate "zionism" when you are truly just anti semitic you people are globalist sheep it shows in your name
@@darugdawg2453 wich is wrong as it has nothing to do with race and this means if you like strawberry ice cream and your neighbor likes chocolate you can call him racist and discriminate him
PragerU: Nationalism is great because every nation should have the right to rule themselves! Also PragerU: The British Empire was the greatest thing to happen to the world because it spread western democratic values and freedom!
@@quantasium That's the point Hazony makes in this video, that implied in Nationalism is the right to protect one's own cultural heritage and as such you realize you are different than others. Presenting different points of view from different people in their names it's not hypocrisy, it's the very definition of honesty. It's what every University should do.
@Terminator 7250 That just isn't true. The US was forced to give up its protectorate in the Philippines when Japan invaded in 1941. The US did not willingly leave because the Filipinos had the ability to self-determination. In fact, the US killed thousands of Filipinos who fought for independence against the US occupation in the Filipino-US war that lasted for 3 whole years. For the early part of the 20th century, the US was a colonial power. Cuba is another example. The US only lost influence with the ousting of Batista.
@@hudey1807 "As a nationalist you should respect other nations as you want them to respect yours..." So we're setting standards for how we believe other nations should behave? Well done. You've just re-invented internationalism.
Todays principle is more like globalism vs nationalism. Germany hitler nationalism. Germany merkel globalism. Same thing hungry for power. Words are interpreted by a person whos using it. Actions speaks louder than words
Matthew Vandeventer I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights. Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly.
@@genghiskhan7006 hahahahajajahahaja... oh your serious... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAJAJAJAJA. Sorry, your propaganda doesn't work on me, I actually know a little bit about history, starting with how the people he listed as nationalist were not nationalist at all.
@@genghiskhan7006 unless you actually think words are meaningless. Personally I think words have uses, and that the left and right have been playing with definitions to the point where the language is completely different and contribute to the fracturing of civil discors. Trump calls himself a nationalist let's change the definition of nationalist to make it all Rosey while liberals change it to make it... Well they didn't have to change this one at all... Both sides have become just so pathetic. Yes I'm calling you pathetic, because you sit there and call out the splinters in someone else's eye while you have planks in your own.
@Aleksandr Aleksievich Palm-Leeis Oh yeah, "the kinda world conquering racist blind nationalism" that involves CONSCRIPTING your own people to fight in other nations' wars. Did you ride the short bus?
Growing up an American, I hated it at first, because I'm of African descent. I mean, all that happened to my ancestors just made me dislike my own country. Now older and more wiser, I understand the greatest sacrifice my ancestors made. Many American landmarks were erected by slaves. And even after slavery ended, many of them still loved this country, and wanted to make it better. They pressured for better rights, and quality of life. Some great African Americans like, Dr. Martin Luther King, made a great sacrifice for this country. We blacks must understand this, instead of just blaming White people for everything and victim shaming. White people today are innocent. They are not responsible for the actions of their ancestors. The same way black people are not responsible for the actions of theirs. It's up to us, the current generation to move forward come to an agreement. We must put aside our hatred of one another, because if we do not, it will ultimately divide this country further. So people, lets definitely try and make America great again! God bless this country~
many, many GREAT Americans of African descent have done their part to make the USA a great nation -- from Frederick Douglass to Thomas Sowell and too many more to list. well said and God bless you LayeredOnions.
LayeredOnions That's something that always struck me about MLKJ's speech. He didn't say "Only after the White man has paid us back in full for the pain and suffering of our ancestors shall there be peace," he said "I have a dream that one day [...] the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. [...] And when this happens [...] _all_ of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" I have a serious question to ask not just blacks, but any person who has been shamed into thinking they owe blacks something because of your skin color: do you believe that if Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today he would be applauding your actions?
I don’t think what your ancestors were forced into counts as a great “sacrifice”. They didn’t have a choice. If somebody commits a crime and is killed by the state via lethal injection, we wouldn’t say that person made a sacrifice in the name of justice. If I was walking along a sidewalk and somebody pushed me off of it in order to make more room for them, we wouldn’t say I made a sacrifice. As to the sentence “White people today are innocent”. Innocent of what? Most white people today never owned slaves, but most are still complicit to or actively a part of a system that discriminates against people of color. I do not think anybody is responsible for the actions of their ancestors, but we also don’t live in a post-racial or post-racist society.
A serious investigation into history will show that most of what was done in American History that has been blamed on America, on the south and on whites has honestly been done through the wrong side of history efforts of the Democrat Party and they continue their wrong side of history, advancing socialism, government dependency and blocking absolute border security. It was not America that defended slavery. It was not the south either. It was not the whites. It was the Democrat Party, formed by pro slavery politicians just a few decades after our constitution was ratified. The Northern Democrats supported slavery but would not support any secession of the south. The Southern Democrats supported slavery and were willing to secede and to fight a war to defend it. There were no Republicans in the South at the time of the Civil War and no Republican owned slaves. The Republican party was actually formed to unite anti slavery politicians and citizens. Republicans and others opposed the Democrat Party on their slavery, on their Jim Crowe Laws, on their Segregation and on their white hooded lynching of about 5000 black and about 1400 white Americans ( and all of those lynching victims were members of or supporters of the Republican Party). Some were shot instead of lynched. It is also the Democrat Party policies that gave us the Trail of Tears and the Japanese internment camps & property confiscation. The Democrat Party was formed about 35 years before the Republican Party was, but the Democrat Party always had strong opposition from other Americans (black, white and of other various ancestry). Even in the 1960s, the Civil Rights bills that the Democrat Party and LBJ get credit for were largely opposed by and filibustered by Democrats in Congress. The Republican minority in Congress heavily influenced the passing of those civil rights bills. Just a few years earlier, Republican President Eisenhower advanced some civil rights bills, but they were blocked and watered down by the Democrat Senate Majority leader. Who was that Senate Majority Leader? It was future president LBJ! Thomas Jefferson knew exactly what he was writing when he penned the words "all men are created equal" and many Americans have been committed to that reality since those times. It was NEVER ALL of America or ALL whites who opposed true equality in liberty and opportunity. Jefferson also denounced England's introduction of slavery into the colonies and he wrote that into the Declaration of Independence, but it was voted out by Georgia and South Carolina at the time. It was during Jefferson's presidency that Congress was able to ban the importation of slaves into the US and Jefferson as president signed that legislation. That's right. Founding era Congress and Thomas Jefferson were making incremental efforts to dismantle slavery. George Washington, Ben Franklin and many other founders also made efforts for this cause. The Democrat Party changed that course. They don't teach us that in schools. They only teach us that Jefferson fathered Sally Hemming's children when in truth, only ONE of the children's heritage links to the Jefferson line and evidence pretty strongly suggests that it was his considerably younger brother Randy who fathered that child. .. and YES! Great American Patriots like Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Wentworth Churchill (a MA judge and member of the Sons of Liberty who reportedly also rode to warn a part of the community that "The British are coming"), Dr King, Peter Salem ( a hero at Bunker Hill), Hiram Rhodes Revels, Joseph Hayne Rainey and Madam CJ Walker forged the path "all men are created equal" envisioned and many carry that torch today with Allen West being a very great example of a true American Patriot in modern times.
People will always disagree with these ideology semantics and few actually care either way. The more you spend time trying to reason your way into the ‘right-wing’ being wrong, the more folks you lose to the culture war. You need to go for hearts and minds, it’s the only chance you’ll have. This is coming from someone who isn’t right-wing or conservative.
@@santouchesantouche2873 if only libtards like you weren't trying to destroy the West with mass immigration, Islam, Cultural Marxism, and political correctness.
PragerU: Nationalism and keeping borders and not going into other countries is the way to go Also PragerU: The "Moral" British Empire was 100% a great empire and it was a good thing they went all around the world and took over and governed these other places with the "slightest" hand
I don't think it was right or a good thing. But if the English didn't do that. Many countries may still not have invented simple things like wheels and electronics
cfgvd Oh god, that’s the equivalent of the “If we never brought slaves to America, their descendants would be worse off in Africa! African Americans should be thanking us!” Look Out!
At face value, yes PragerU said both statements which would make them nonsensical, but you have to look at what both of those videos were saying. The first one, Be a nationalist, pretty self explanatory, and I agree with the statement. But giving money to Israel has a lot of benefits for the US. It's obvious you watched the video so you should know what they are.
Nicholas S Giving money to Israel also has a lot of drawbacks, contributing to the the deaths of innocent civilians and supporting an authoritarian regime one among many.
@@PedroTomé1 True, but we're not just giving money to Israel, we're getting a strategic position in the middle east against our enemies along with numerous benefits, such as we collaborate in research and development. Plus when we sell them military stuff, Israel changes it to meet their own needs, which we also benefit greatly from. And more are mentioned in the video ua-cam.com/video/dxE_UUrbMNA/v-deo.html
Someone explain to me how imperialism and nationalism are completely different, and how you can't be both of them. I'm pretty sure Hitler was nationalist and imperialist.
Before anyone flames me, I do know that imperialism and nationalism are different things. I probably worded that poorly. Just answer the second question.
@@sigmatic787 Okay? I understand that that Nationalism can go overboard into imperialism (like Hitler and friends). I still need why you can't be both answered. Maybe Prager just said it was that way so they didn't have to associate Hitler with the thing that good old Trump and other Republicans claim to be.
@@zanderhamilton7908 He's just spinning like an asshat to make nationalism seem as positive and shiny as possible by distancing the definition from those nasty things that are completely connected with it like imperialism, etc.
@@BadPojo Yeah, I don't agree with doing that. I do agree that nationalism is not inherently negative, but when taken too far, it can become a negative thing.
There are bad imperialism not-that-bad imperialism. There are successful countries which is better to be independent. There are also countries which failed terribly due to primitive traditions, cultures unable to self improve, and/or tyranny. A failed country can benefit from a not-that-bad imperialism Britain. When their society reformed into a more successful country, it become better for it to be independent of Britain or other imperialism countries.
张笑寒 cause the only way to help a "failed country" is to invade it. And treat its people like second class citizens? Enslave them? Amazing they're still clowns defending colonialism today
So you would call hitler a socialist? Just because its named something doesent mean what you think it means, the day I learned that lesson I learned what "I will rail you" means...
@@liannapfister8255 because Woodrow has practically the founder of the League of Nations, the predecessor of the U.N., and Teddy, well...he really loved to be an imperialist, but hey at least Teddy Roosevelt was actually a nationalist.
Wilson was 'progressive' on some issues, like the League of Nations, but he was also 'conservative' on some things, like re-segregating the military. One of the biggest oversimplifications people make these days is that politics can be split into a 'left/right' or 'conservative/liberal' dichotomy, and that someone who agrees with one policy from a particular side must also agree with other policies on that side.
@@thomassaldana2465 the sooner people realize that we're in a fight between individualists and collectivists, the better off we'll all be. Right now people are still trapped in a 20th century mindset of left vs. right and it's a terribly inaccurate assessment of the issues of the day.
Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt have many flaws, but their nationalist elements lie upon the actions necessary to defend the American way of life form foreign threats, a sure sign of nationalism.
Leftists: Hitler was a nationalist Communists: Hitler was a nationalist Nazis: Hitler was a nationalist Right-wingers: Hitler was a nationalist PragerU: well ACTUALLY
@@chasem1032 Democratic People's republic of Korea is democratic and a republic, right? Just because something is in the name doesn't make it Socialist. Hitler literally abolished unions and privatized large sectors of the German economy.
@@Sana_a04 Hitler actually was a socialist. Everyone who wanted to succeed in Nazi Germany had to be a party member, otherwise, you were disowned or worse. Furthermore, he introduced many social reforms and tried to fight poverty with state-funded projects, like the Autobahn. That's why Germany's economy was in shambles before WWII; Hitler planned to pay back his horrific debt through war, which, obviously, didn't work out so well.
L the MC it’s important to understand what the word socialist means. A simple google search will tell you that a socialist is someone who advocates for social ownership (worker control) of the economy. Now why did Hitler have socialist in his party name? It’s simple. Capitalism was becoming unpopular due to the Great Depression, so for Hitler to get more votes, he’d make voters think he was left wing on economics. He wasn’t, he privatized Germany’s economy and banned trade unions.
The Crusader uh you pretty clearly just ignored my definition of socialism. Authoritarian socialism, aka Marxist Leninism, encourages state ownership of the means of production, but the state shall be owned by the proletariat? Did Nazi German have this? No. The Nazis were economically centrist, Because they took ideas from authoritarian economists, that the shall guide the capitalists. Center left ideas were they’re support for certain social programs. Center Right ideas were maintaining the existence of capitalism and fighting socialism and communism. In reality, communism and Nazism have almost nothing in common. Communism supports full egalitarianism after socialism is established, Nazism supports full hierarchy. Also there’s no such thing as a different type of socialism, other than the classic definition I have before and the Marxist Leninist one, which Hitler fits neither.
@@terrencemoldern2756 Yes the ridiculous amount of US Military bases around the world, intervention in every conflict ever™, and stealing resources of any nation they can sure does sound like a need.
@@breadthatsred5815 lol are you an idiot. America already has pretty much every resource available. We quite literally lead the world in innovation and control our own system. Pretty much EVERY country wants to do business with us. What exactly would we even still from mud stains like the Middle East? There is no “stealing” of resources here you idiot. When America fought against Vietnam it wasn’t because of some oil or some other crap. It’s because they held a dangerous ideology which threatened both us and the ideals for which we stand for... which unsurprisingly was true. Ever heard of the North Vietnamese “Re-education” camps? Over 400,000 died in them after they broke the treaty once America “left” their “nation”. America is the biggest peace keeping corps in the world that protects individuals and I have far more reason to support us then to not.
Interesting that Prager U contends national socialism is socialist because "socialism" is in the name while also claiming that NATIONAL socialism is definitely not nationalist.
Excubitor what about anarchists? I’m not going to prove the USSRs democracy because it doesn’t matter what you’ve already made up your mind. But anarchists are socialist too. And show me one nationalist system that isn’t authoritarian
@@justsomeguy8849 Anarchism is a broad spectrum of different ideologies that separated from other marxists a long time ago (I believe that they were even excluded from the second international, not sure tho). Most anarchist are anti-statist, meaning that they percieve the very existence of a state as a form of agression, whereas you guys promote a system that is either proletarian democracy or a dictatorship of the proletariat, simply an authoritarian big government which can transform the society and the econonmy into a socialist one. You can't prove that the USSR was a democracy, 'cause it simply was not, it's leaders were not elected b ythe people, yet wielded absolute power. The very concept of a nation state is nationalistic, many of such states are democratic and indeed more prosperous and stable, than countries that are not nation states, one can still uphold democratic values and pluralism while wanting the best for his country and people.
@@5698-e2d lol you are wrong Real socialism , those born in western Europe (France, Great Britain, Germany, etc... ) are not authoritarians. Their purpose was to free workers from the oppression from the bourgeoisie and capitalists. In fact the common definition of socialism by most of this historic thinkers is : democratic politic power, and democratic economic power. Meaning that every individual has the same level of power, and their freedom of choice is not limited to a social status or wealth. Proletarian democracy is democracy this is not an authoritarian system, this is the answer to the authoritarian bourgeois "democracy" where only rich peoples could vote. Dictatorship of proletariat is not a dictatorship with a strong leader, but a term used by Marx with reference from antiquity ,meaning a transitional phase. But because you are ignorant you don't realize that what was proposed by Marx was more democratic than the capitalists societies had to offers at his time, in reality just oligarchies, an oligarchic politic system for an oligarchic economic system. Proletarian democracy, is not about a big government.... Giving that socialism is based on democracy, this is not authoritarian, unlike defending their self interest and exercising unilateral power over workers. Authoritarians systems are based on vertical relation, socialism is based on horizontal relation. There can have freedom only in horizontal system. On the other hand nationalism movements are always authoritarians because nationalism is based on the psychological trait called Right wing authoritarian (RWA) , that is not found among common progressive left peoples. RWA is related to submission to a strong leader, and to the group, and rejection of out group ( Jews are the typical out group for any nationalism because they had no nation in the past ), it is the perfect reflect of nationalist ideologies. Nationalism define a vertical link between the person and the nation. May be you are confusion nationalism with the left wing view on nation : patriotism. Else all what you say is wrong, just ignorance from just copy from many propaganda, including false socialism/communism like stalinism, etc...
PotatoeIsland I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights. Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly. After looking at his book. “The Virtue of Nationalism,” it goes on to show he is referencing the idea of the nationstate. I think this video was a little too ballsy to try and group nationalism without such distinction😂
Barak Obama I don’t really understand how that’s relevant to my comment. Roosevelt and Wilson were both imperialists and this video claims that imperialists can’t be nationalists, but also says that Wilson and Roosevelt were nationalists.
@@PotatoeIsland He has been spamming the same message in all the comments of people who dissagree, showing that he doesn't care one bit about the actual comment.
Island. Anti-imperialism basically demands that if one has the means with which to defeat an imperialistic force without severely weakening themselves. Saying that Woodrow Wilson's decision to intervene in World War I was somehow imperialistic is just inaccurate on multiple fronts, including the one of them that was just about at France's border.
Morenito Moreno There are bad imperialism not-that-bad imperialism. There are successful countries which is better to be independent. There are also countries which failed terribly due to primitive traditions, cultures unable to self improve, and/or tyranny. A failed country can benefit from a not-that-bad imperialism Britain. When their society reformed into a more successful country, it become better for it to be independent of Britain or other imperialism countries.
Rick O'Shay India was occupied by British *colonizers* so Indian nationalism at the time made perfect sense but most people don't know shit about Gandhi political views, he's mostly known for using civil disobedience to fight oppression. Prager is saying one one hand the British Empire was great and a net positive for the world and "freedom" 😂(these people are insane) on the other hand they're praising Gandhis nationalism which was a direct response to the British Empire and colonialism which Prager claims was so great. You can't praise both colonialism and nationalism, gotta pick a side, but we know what they mean, they like colonialism for non white "savages" but nationalism for white people.
That isn't a very nice example of it for sure. The British enforced an oppressive, racist, colonial regime in India. Gandhi opposed it via civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement. That was then, when Indians were being mistreated by the British. The situation now is very different.
@Clinton Reisig it reduced many social evils but it also brought with it its own kind of social evil - white supremacy, institutionalized white racism and discrimination. Then there were people like Dyer who were celebrated for the massacre of innocents. Like you said, truth is truth.
Patriotism and nationalism both are based on pride for your country. Nationalism was good for unifying Germany and Italy in the mid to late 19th century.
@Huon Sainsbury Not at all. Patriotism is devotion, loyalty, and defense for one's country. Nationalism is a belief in policy that asserts one's national self-determination and independence. If patriotism is an act, Nationalism is the policy that guides that act. In fact, the United State's reluctance to enter World War 2 was in part due to our nationalist sentiment. In the same way, the last administration avoided extending conflict in the middle east and chose to scale back American reliance on foreign energy, goods, and services. A lack of nationalism oftentimes leads to failed states, but so too does an excess of it. Iraq, North Korea, and most french colonial countries in Africa being prime examples. Nationalism is not inherently good or bad. American Nationalism is not in the same universe of Jingoism or Isolationism, either. But, I assume all of you have never critically studied this. You all seem to think "Nationalism Bad" is a universally accepted idea. You lose all credibility when you say that because Nationalism being good or bad is not even the premise of the argument. WHEN is nationalism good or bad is where you should be looking for answers.
As nice as these theories might be, I think the simpler reality is that people are more willing to go down to a comment’s section because they’re upset with the content of the video than because they’re happy with it
If it disagrees with the fundamentals of America’s Constitution and Bill of Rights, then that’s most definitely not something to be proud of. You only get a pass in my book if you’re somewhere like North Korea or China where it’s pretty hard to know any better.
illuminatutos No. Total freedom of speech (meaning you can’t be punished for “hate speech”) and the right to bare arms is very much unique to the US. And calling the Constitution trash doesn’t tell me anything other than you hate America.
nationalism /ˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ Learn to pronounce noun identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. "their nationalism is tempered by a desire to join the European Union"
if you put your people's interest above other values (moral ones as well), that's nationalism (welcome to china) if it's restrained by other values, yet you still value it, it's patriotism
Ok so lmao why PragerU last year defending the British Empire?? They were sure as hell not nationalists. I'm sorry, but you can't say Hitler wasn't nationalist cuz he went past his borders but then claim the British Empire was fine
@@kd35beast24 Hitler wanted Germany to be bigger. Stronger. Such love for country.... isn't that far nationalism? I define nationalism as ideology focused on ones own nation unity and power, comparing nations to living organisms, fighting over limited resources and getting stronger often at cost of another nation/organism. Popular before both World Wars, also a cause of these conflicts. How do you define it? Plain, peaceful love for ones country, a will to contribute to it - I call this patriotism.
Anonim 54 Hitler didn’t love ,,his“ country, he loved the power he had over it. That’s why he tried to destroy Germany in the final stages of war (Verbrannte-Erde) instead of trying to make peace.
Marwin Limmer Hitler was a Nationalist, and he didn’t love his country so much as the idea of what he wanted it to be. The ideology of Nazism was at the core of hitlers thinking. This wasn’t a politic party it was revolutionary movement, you can compare it to the Bolshevik movement which sought to destroy everything from the past and create their own perfect vision of the future. Hitler was devoted to the movement not his people, for him, everyone was an organism part of the movement. Break out of line and die. When Hitler gave the order to destroy Germany, he did so because the insane ideology of Nazism convinced him that Germany had failed the movement and needed to be destroyed. Hanna Arendt talks about it in “Origins of totalitarianism” Good read.
Internationalism and imperialism aren't the same thing. Imperialists want to expand their nation by force, internationalists want voluntary cooperation between nations.
you are close but not quite, the main difference is that Internationalism whants to create a world were cultural and national differences are no longer an impediment in international relations while imperialism whants to impose one nation’s way of living in the entire world.
@@filldokic4373 Thats an interesting pivot to make, especially when those two terms are interchangeable and have little difference to one another. Most important to recognise here though is that i personally have only ever seen the Black Hand described as nationalist so there is no reason to make this statement when historical consensus is already clear.
@@filldokic4373 If we’re going to obsess over semantics like this I’ll put forward that what you really mean In place of the term nationalism is patriotism. Nationalism is praising a country over all others and over emphasising its perceived superiority which makes it an ideology hostile to other countries by its nature. Patriotism is less harmful in that it’s the term that describes just appreciating the nation you identify with, without directly implying a disregard for other nations.
Nationalism does not just mean that a country wishes to keep its ideals focused and centered within its borders. It also implies that that nation’s values are inherently superior to another’s. This motivates people to spread these beliefs past their borders and violate the definition of Nationalism that was outlined in this video. That is a key characteristic of imperialistic nationalism. The two aren’t opposites, they have overlapping goals.
Spoken just as a compulsive liar lying about the inherently Politically Centrist and MUTUALLY respective nature of TRUE Nationalism, which is NOT Fascism despite the claims of some, would say. TRUE Nationalism is best defined by the term/saying of "Live and let live.".
Jack. Again, you're confusing Fascism with ACTUAL Nationalism. True nationalism is NOT a political ideology of domination, but one of coexistence. The best analogy would to be think of nations as individual households inside of a neighborhood, where the boundaries between the property of one household and the next household are clearly defined, and all households respecting the fact that every plot of land belongs to the residents of its household. Moving past said analogy, and in regards to immigrant demographics, both Far-Left Marxists and Far-Right Fascists tend to misconstrue what "cultural assimilation" actually entails, as they both tend to misrepresent it as the immigrants giving up their original culture entirely and replacing it solely with that of the host country. In actuality, cultural as simulation can best be described by the use of another analogy: Let's say that somebody is making a recipe that involves different ingredients being mixed together in a giant blob of sorts before being actually cooked, and for the sake of the analogy every ingredient representing a different culture, the ingredients that take up the plurality of the mass of coarse representing the host culture in its original form. One culture would be represented by salt, another one by graniluated sugar, and still more by cinnamon, paprika, coconut shavings, lemon juice, nutmeg, rosemerry, vanilla extract, saffron, cumin, cocoa powder, tomato sauce, cooking wine, alcoholic horse milk, M&Ms, pistachios, and etcetera. Once every one of these ingredients are mixed together into one continuous mass, said mass will still nevertheless be greatly effected by every single one of the ingredients that were used to make it throughout its entirety. The nations of today, ALL of them, had their respective ethnic origins come about from this process. England originated from a mixture of Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Normadian, and Norse cultures, a syntheses of them. The American South's cuisine is almost as much Native American as it is European, while its accent is as much West African, mostly Nigerian, as it is European. Tibetan Buddhism is heavily influenced by Bonism, the native religion of Tibet, while Japanese Buddhism has been syncresticized with Shintoism enough where it can usually be considered to be both religions simultaneously. Etcetera, etcetera, and etcetera. However, many of the immigrants today come from an ULTRAnationalistic background, which despite its name, is about as much actual Nationalism as a jellyfish is an actual fish. The majority of these Fascist, these racially and culturally imperialistic, immigrants are the Islamofascists, adherents of cult denominations of a religion that is in its base form not a cult, much like how The Westborou Baptist Church is a cultish denomination of Christianity, the latter of which is also an overall legitimate religion. Like any fascists, the Islamifascists wish to enslave and/or slaughter anybody and everybody who apposes them by being on the side of freedom, unlike them. Also not helping is that the slow-suicidal tendencies of the Marxist baizou "white left" is even encouraging Fascist violence to be committed against Europeans and European Americans by various other groups via selective disinformation. Stop falling for both the Marxist lies and the Fascist lies of what ACTUAL Nationalism is.
" It also implies that that nation’s values are inherently superior to another’s. " NO, it DOESN'T. One can be a nationalist WITHOUT thinking oneself superior to anyone else. For example, a person in Britain can be a nationalist (desiring that the UK rule itself domestically, and embracing his own culture, history, and heritage) without thinking himself or his culture superior to that in, say, the United States. But here's something for you: some cultures ARE superior to others. That's right, I said it. And I meant it. The culture of the United States, for example, IS superior to that found in much of the Middle East, many places in Africa, parts of Asia and South America. Why? It comes down to the way we view and treat people. Without claiming that we're perfect, one only has to look at how we view the worth of the individual, and what we allow to be done to the individual. Even if you don't believe in gay rights, for example, VERY few of us would attack or throw a gay person off a roof. And even for those few people who ARE the kind of scum who would do something like that, our society in general will NOT tolerate assault and murder. But there are LOTS of places in the world where such things would not only be tolerated, they are encouraged. So, SOME cultures ARE superior to others, because some cultures are more GOOD than others (without being perfect).
@@kimbara3525 OK. First, you made an erroneous assumption. You said that I "would have no problem getting replaced". *I* am not getting replaced. I'm NOT white, I'm black. So you reveal something about yourself with your prejudicial assumption. (Don't feel bad; I find that same thing online repeatedly. You express pro-American, pro-Western sympathies, and people automatically assume you must be a white male, angry about being "replaced". Shows how deeply leftist propaganda has penetrated the modern American mind) Second, I DO have a MAJOR problem with people coming here, when they come ILLEGALLY. This reveals more leftist propaganda. They paint anyone who opposes open borders and unrestricted, idiotic immigration policies as anti-immigrant/immigration. NOT TRUE. AT ALL. We oppose LAWLESSNESS. We oppose people, whether citizens or not, breaking the law with impunity and not only not being punished for it, but being rewarded. People want to come to America because of our stable, prosperous society. Well, we only have that society because of the Rule of Law. If we do not respect our laws, and do not require those who come here to respect them, the Rule of Law goes away, and so does our civilization. Furthermore, the CITIZENS of THIS country get to decide who comes here and who doesn't, NOT people from other countries. Immigration isn't for the benefit of people in other countries, it's for OUR benefit. It is NOT to our benefit to allow criminals, rapists, and terrorists into this country, even if the country they're coming from is a war-torn Hell hole. I frankly don't give a crap about their country. If it's so horrible, they should stay home and fix it, rather than bring their problems here. So, I despise ANYONE who is in favor of open borders and unrestricted illegal invasion (or even unrestricted legal immigration), because I love my family, my country, and my culture, and I don't want it changed or altered by people who have NO idea why it's great, and don't appreciate it. And, for the record, those people would include "useful idiot" citizens, too. One needn't think one's own nation superior to ALL other nations to be a nationalist. One must merely understand and be comfortable with one's own nation and culture, and desire that it not be altered by outsiders. Nationalism is simply a desire to prevent one's home from being invaded, altered, and controlled by people, inside the nation or out, who don't know or respect the nation. It's also a desire to mind one's own business and not run around interfering across borders unless absolutely necessary. Anyone who opposes that (ESPECIALLY globalist leftists) is simply an idiot who doesn't understand the US or human nature (even if they were born here).
@@kimbara3525 Nothing you said made any sense. I don't know if it's the inarticulate phrasing or what, but it sounded like a bunch of gibberish from "Of course a black person would encourage civ nationalism..." on. And there is no "of course" about it. In my experience, most black people don't even think about this stuff on a regular basis, if at all, and of those who do, most tend to be idiot leftists. I'm a rare exception to that rule.
Henry VIII did love England, and fought the church for that reason. His wanting a divorce was not even half the story. Do a little reading, not just watch the Tudors.
@@personalismoneomedieval9536 - I agree with you on this note. I do Not Believe King Henry is a very good example of Nationalism... He had ulterior motives... That is History. And Not just from the show the Tudors. Reading about him clarifies this completely.
NPC #40249 oh okay so Teddy Roosevelt was a global politician and all of the people that enlisted in his expedition as well were culprits. Also all of the soldiers that went to all of those islands to conquer them and the banks that finance it are global politicians somehow?
"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two different and even opposing ideas are involved. By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality. " Notes on Nationalism-George Orwell
That's utterly false. Americans have been nationalists since at least 1776, but they've also been isolationists for much of that time. Many Europeans were extremely upset with the U.S., for being so reluctant to join the fight during both World Wars. Isolationism as the U.S.'s default position only changed after WWII, when the U.S. was the only western country which could deliver on the principal foreign policy objective of the entire western world: the stemming of Soviet expansionism.
PragerU: Nationalism is good. We should pursuing our interests without interference. Me: What about the massacre of srebrenica by the serbian nationalist under Miloševič PragerU: Who?
They may know who they are Also Just because one group did something wrong doesn't mean methods similar to those used in this scenario will always make the same mistake
Enlight us then and discredit every sentence with a solid argument. To "be genuinely stunned" is more an emotional reaction to something you dislike than a viable counter to Prager's position. Google "Cognitive Disonance" and you will better learn how not to get stunned by what others think or say. That is the escence of Real Tolerance.
@@benjaminmacaulay4936 you are to far lost to argue with if you dont see the problem with Prageru Im sorry. Its literally conservative propaganda from a fake university funded by fracking millionaires. 🤣
@@benjaminmacaulay4936 "imperialism is the opposite of nationalism" there's one that is in no way true. Imperialism doesn't in any capacity "attempt to bring peace and prosperity to the world" it's the opposite; it's a country taking over another for its own benefit. the English didn't colonise Australia cause they wanted to help the Aboriginals, no, they did it to deal with their own crowded and overpopulated prisons, they needed a place to dump their criminals, they did it for their own benefit. Wouldn't u say that's putting your own country before others?? ...... sounds a lot like nationalism right??? Imperialism is not the opposite of Nationalism, in fact they go hand in hand. Any sort of imperialist action or move has almost always been for nationalist reasons.
I think that we have really different definitions of "nationalism". As far as I know, nationalism considers that nations are like organisms, competing and fighting each other. This means one should support his own nation, want it to survive and be strong, at cost of other nations, because "if we don't beat them, they will beat us". Then we go straight to Nazism and Imperialism. Empire is basicly a strong nation, that dominates others - like an animal on the top of food chain. If one wants his nation to prosper, but not at cost of others, then it's patriotism. (Please forgive me any errors in the text, English is my second language).
@@drdeadred851 Nationalism is an integral part of fascism. In my opinion, fascism can simply evolve from nationalism. Just like communism or socialdemocracy can evolve from socialism, or anarchism from libertarianism.
@@The2ndUsername Well, at least 55% of EU members, that also represent at least 65% of EU population must agree to let a law pass. What do you mean by "EU wants"? Who exactly? Opposing EU is eurosceptism, and it doesn't mean nationalism - although both often go together. However, an eurosceptic may just be a rusophile, and a nationalist may just want to exploit EU to subordinate other countries (I think EU isn't really exploited like that though). EU is nowhere as authoritarian as states considered "nationalist' (USSR, Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy, Nazi Germany, or junta-controlled Argentina). Oh, and for opposing globalism, there is another term, antiglobalism, (and, to some extent, alterglobalism) - it's something that also several left-wing organisations want, and openly claim. If you call them nationalists - they will deny. They may *not* want the nation to stay integrated, in the name of freedom.
@Jake L I think borders should exist, as long as various cultures and languages exist. Usually, it's not about being better, it's about differences in culture and mentality, different laws, varying economic systems... For example, in Sweden, the norms of 'bad parenting" are much higher, and it's much "easier" for parents to have their children take away, than in Poland. My countrymates consider Swedish norms as far too strict, and anti-parent but the norms are adapted to Swedish culture, not Polish. And probably Swedes see it the other way - that the Polish State is caring about children too little. However, both countries are in EU and Schengen Zone, and the transit between countries is fast and easy. Ah, and, just in case, the borders may serve to contain certain threats (by getting closed), like criminals or epidemies.
Its the opposite of globalism. It means that we put our nation first. That we protect what we have created. Or would you rather share everything we have with people who are starving because they are corrupt and lazy like Africa and the Middle East?
There's so many different types of nationalism: Civic nationalism, Ethnic nationalism, Economic nationalism, Religious nationalism, Left-wing nationalism, Racial nationalism, etc.
Left-wing nationalism seems contradictory in nature when taken at face value and because of that, can be a bit difficult to explain. In my experience, it denotes a region or group of people that strongly identify with a unified culture along political and social lines, but are very inclusive in who they bring under their umbrella and wager all concerns as part of the whole. This is often a characteristic of independence movements and frequently have ties with Marxist schools of thought. A great example of this is the Basque Nationalist movement calling for its independence from Spain. Having lived there as a foreigner, I can attest to the incredibly inclusive nature of the basque people no matter who you are and will accept you as part of their culture. There was the idea that I am my person, but I'm now also Basque.
@@bettercallsaal More cases of left-wing nationalism, Sinn Fein (the party historically tied to the Irish Republican Army) and the Scottish National Party. Both can't stand Britain, especially after Brexit.
To be clear, I was not defending left-wing nationalism. I personally believe that all nationalism is destructive to a globally interconnected world and that a person should do their best to distance themselves from their personal nationalistic feelings, or at the very least acknowledge them. Read George Orwell’s statements on nationalism if you want to understand why this is. I was just pointing out that Left-wing nationalism tends to be more of a benign sort in idea. There is not really a sense of superiority of one person over another as seen with most other variants. Obviously it still has its toxicity being that it likely spawns terroristic groups such as the IRA, ETA, and the Sons of Liberty, but the overall goal is independence, not supremacy.
@@bettercallsaal When the "interconnected world" by the globalists is destroying the nation's culture and heritage across the world, don't be surprised if at one point the natives get fed up FFS. You're seeing the founding stock of every nation hit by mass migration becoming more and more nationalistic, you cant expect to walk over your own people over the needs of big corporations and foreigners, and then put the blame on natives when they get angry. If you want an interconnected world only for trade, that's fine tho
@@Akira-ss6cm That's just a game of words like sex/gender or vengeance/retaliation. Truth is that in english you only use the word "Nation" while in spanish, for example, "Patria" and "Nación" are synonyns. Manipulate the language and you can manipulate the perception. That's why we see the raise of stupid gender pronouns and politicized technicisms. The love for your country implies the will to improve it and, therefore, what it does will always matter.
@@radarcontact1974 if it's a game of words, then why does this video exist? Why is distinction suddenly important? Does this video not try to shape your perception of the word?
The Nazis said they are socialists just to show themselves leftists while they are right just for votes And so do nationalism They were imperialist with imperial idea not nationalist
@@ehabuossef8026 One can be both Imperialist and Nationalist but also keep in mind, Nazis are Fascist, and Fascism is "ultranationalist" (among other things)
I'd say you are an American nationalist who happens to be an American. Is there anything African about you? Or are you just 100 percent American? It's a sheep's label in my view but either way it's your view that matters most.
Kreemerz I like the wording of that, who (someone who has actual sense and reason) gives a shit if you’re black, you’re an American, and that’s all that matters.
@@cael8948 Nationalism contracts with support of more local institutions, like your city or State. People from the Italian peninsula might be Genoese or Sicilian rather than Italian. People from the US might be Texans or Floridians rather than Americans. German-speaking people in Central Europe might be Saxons or Bavarians rather than German.
I believe that what you are describing is the definition of "patriotism". You should love your nation but not at the expense of other nations. That is because then you become a nationalist. It is vital that we retain the meanings of these two words without mixing them up. That is because in the future we might not be able to tell apart nationalism from patriotism which would be of use to very evil agendas. Control the language and you can control one's thoughts.
Both those words mean essentially the same thing and they’re both terrible ways of looking at humanity. Nations are nothing more than political constructs and have no “right to exist.”
Nah this is the original definition of nationalism. Patriotism comes from the Greek word “Patris” meaning “fatherland” and means a devotion to one’s country. Nationalism means someone to be devoted to his own people, the nation. Things that happened in the 1940s should not change the meanings of these values.
@@aka_056 A VERY good point (though "patris", I believe, is Genitive for "pater" in Latin, but yes, the origin is in Greek "pateras"). Usually, "patriotism" and "nationalism" are synonyms, as most European countries are nation-states. HOWEVER, there's the case of multi-nation states and, especially, empires and empire-like states (such as the USSR or current Russia - or the wannabe empires, such as the EU). For instance, in the USSR, "patriotism" (being a proud citizen of the Soviet Union, irrespective of your nationhood) was highly encouraged, while "nationalism" (wanting your nation to have an independent state and running it as it sees fit) granted a ticket to Siberia (in case you avoided being shot outright, that is). In case of Russia, you can see how they reacted to nationalism in Ukraine. In the West, some "comrades" are VERY keen on eradicating the notion of "nationalism" and replacing it with "patriotism" (e.g., being a "patriot" of the EU and crushing the evil nationalists who don't want a supranational entity to run their country) - and they are VERY correct in saying "Control the language and you can control one's thoughts", because this is exactly what they are trying to do.
Does anyone else think it's confusing how Prageru keeps advocating for "nationalism" but also insist that the US should be leading the world and interfering with other countries affairs?
@Dumbo Octopus Conservatives don't really like anything theodore did or wanted to do. You see, he did this spooky thing called "regulation" and it's very scary and very dangerous. It's so dangerous that it ended monopolies!!!
Also how about you start showing your sources where you got the information for your claims from instead of deliberately misleading and lying to your audience.
Prageru : the nazis were socialists, its in the name national socialists Also prageru : hitler wasnt a nationalist, he was imperialist Also prageru : the british empire was pretty fkn good actually
Fatal Oath I’m pretty sure he is referencing the “Nation-State dichotomy” when quoting nationalism. Which both not so subtly share the name “Nationalism” Not the pre-conceived notion of nationalism that you think of with the past century. The nation-state view acknowledges that we should view the world as distinct nations with clear cultural and federal boundaries. This is why is why his definition of nationalism is anti imperialist(this in the belief that all people’s have the right to govern themselves in nations). And why it’s the opposite of globalism is because a globalist view discourages the nation state view. For example: during World War 1, communists and socialists under a Marxist philosophy readily apposed the war seeing it as just the rich mans war, while also acknowledging that the working class was not connected by nation but instead by class. But If nationalism and the nationstate view are so different why would nationalism be used to describe both. Easy, the people who at universities that coined nationalism for the nations state view were also greatly apposed to the idea of it, and through branding it nationalism you have the repulsion to it you have today.
Thank you PragerU, your superior argument have made me a south american nationalist, I deeply believe my country should nationalize all of it's natural resources.
@@lonestar2078 That's COLLECTIVIZATION. Not Nationalization of resources, it generally refers to the purely domestic extraction of resources for its own profit.
Trump hasnt started a war in his presidency actually bringing troops back that Obama sent because they are all war starting, money hungry, corrupt politicians (Every president before Trump and after Reagen and more)
It is what true nationalism is, the idea that nationalism is extreme patriotism is a lie meant to turn people away from it. Nationalism means putting your nation first the same way you put your family first.
@@Clumsy-vp3if Nationalism is a political, social, and economic ideology and movement characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.
@@cxarhomell5867 I am not in the mood for an online war, I have more than enough of those that will probably hit me pretty soon. But you are wrong, the video sucks.
Orwell wrote in his essay, "Notes On Nationalism" that the word "nationalism" has different meanings depending on who's using it. That's why at the beginning of his essay, he defines his meaning as follows: "By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’. But secondly - and this is much more important - I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests. Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism." - George Orwell (Notes on Nationalism, 1945)
Im happy to see many comments see right through this argument and know their history. The danger of too much nationalism is that it can lead to imperialism (e.g. Persia, Greece, Rome, Ottomans, English, Spanish, French, Germans, Russians, Americans, Japanese to name a few all reached a phase of hardcore nationalism right before they pursued imperialist ambitions). History repeats itself when a nation believes itself to be so perfect and wonderful, blessed by god himself, that spreading this “awesomeness” to a world of barbarians only makes sense as a next step. Ever since WW II with the establishment of the EU, UN, NATO and in the 90s trade globalism, we haven’t had a major world war since. The world will never be perfect but I’m guessing the tempering of fervent nationalism has at least some small part to play in this relatively peaceful time in human history.
I don’t see anything wrong with being proud of your country, or having a strong national defense. I believe people should be proud of their country and separate the country from the president or government. But the less power the government has the better. They should only have 4 jobs: national law. National defense. National legislative authority and national judicial authority. Anything that can be privatized should be privatized, and what cannot be privatized is the governments job. Free trade is good for economic advancement and nationalization would hinder technological advancement and competition.
Prageru: "The government is responsible for everything that is bad in this world and we must give power to the free market" Also Prageru: "You must love your country and your government" For Pete's sake pick one already!
I got a better one: Prageru: "Nationalism and keeping withing your borders is great" Also Prageru(last year): "The British Empire was great for going out and colonizing and taking over and controlling and spreading their views on to other places"
Loving your country and feeling responsibility for other countries are not opposing ideas. Some feel an obligation to do good while others have pride in what they have and chose to help others to positively represent their country.
The cognitive dissonance that Praguer U has while arguing for nationalism while at the same time continuing to argue for the West to keep interfering in the Middle East and go out of their way to support the State of Israel is simply spectacular.
Civic nationalism isn’t really nationalism. It’s a kind of cosmopolitanism that tries to use a commonality of polity (i.e., which legal jurisdiction you inhabit) as a faux basis of a fictional nationalism. Real nationalism is always race-based because in natural terms your race is your nation. Your country and your nation are two different things: A country is a legally defined thing (it’s artificial) whereas your nation is a biologically defined thing (it’s natural). Yes, that’s correct: Even the word nation shares the same root word (nate) with nativity and native and natal, and all of them refer to the birth of children.
Henry VIII was pretty evil. From his wives to the destruction of the monasteries and splitting the goods with his buddies (who sapped royal power until the king became a mere figurehead), to say nothing of the tortures and executions under and ordered by him. Holding him up as an icon of nationalism is definitely problematic.
*Look, nationalism is great for technologically advancing a country, and bringing lots of improvements, but nationalism is also great at starting wars (toxic nationalism)*
unfortunately you can't get balanced and nuances arguments anywhere these days. It's a shame people resort to incredibly biased content like PragerU for knowledge.
A Lewis Exactly. This is a channel with a video trying to tell people that fossil fuels are good for the planet and people actually believe this garbage.
Nationalism vs Patriotism defined from google Nationalism: identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations Patriotism: the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country Be a patriot not a nationalist.
prageru: we should promote nationalism because it secures the country’s own interests and internal affairs without international interference also prageru: *here is 47 videos on why america was right to leave iraq in ruins*
Of all the PragerU vids I watched, this one couldn’t be more counterproductive. Individualism (which America is founded upon) and nationalism (a form of collectivism) are mutually exclusive.
@@stank7200 it’s true. A lot of policies they pushed came from nationalism (immigration restriction, protectionism, trying to avoid European alliances)
Nationalism is about creating a state where the people matter, where there is no anti-nation agenda, no anti-white agenda, and that the white existence in such country is secured. We had those things before, why can't we have them now? National homogeneity is the most crucial thing about creating and maintaining a stable society, the more diverse it gets, the more difficult it becomes to keep it all together in one piece. The worst thing is, that if the invading ethnicity overruns the native one, all of the history, the culture, the language, the society will be destroyed and replaced by the invading culture, invading people, invading ethnicity - which is what I want to avoid at all costs. Is it really too much to ask for? To ask just for survival the survival of one's kind?
I agree . Theres nothing wrong in being proud of your ethnicity and culture. The irony is that people nowadays are talking about being unique, but want to destroy the uniqueness of a region with immigration and multiculturalism
1. No. Nationalism isn't necessarily what you just described. It takes many different shapes and forms. Some "good", others "bad", while other "meh, whatever". It depends on what you define or describe as a "nation" since it is such a relative term that comes from one's own interpretation of the term that you can't just simplify and define it as "desire for a purified ethno-state". Different countries and peoples have different meanings of "nationalism" and "nation". Ever heard of "civic nationalism" just to put a really basic example of it? 2. Define "homogeneity" and "diversity" over here. Because it can mean many, many different things and depending on who you ask the result might vary from entirely unified Europe or a division of it into city states. Are you speaking of homogeneity/diversity of ideals and opinions or homogeneity/diversity of ethnicity? Because in both situations it just does not truly exist like you're implying to. People are sovereign individuals with different minds and ways of thinking even inside their own ethnicities or borders. You think people from the same ethnicity all think and behave the exact same, always practice the exact same culture and would _never_ throw eachother into war? Tell that to the Holy Roman Empire during 1618 to 1648! And even supposedly "homogeneous" countries are actually more ethnically diverse than people give credit for: France with the Bretons, Corsicans, Occitans, Flemish, Alsatians and a portion of Catalans. Italy with the Venetians, Sardinians, Lombardians, Sicilians and a bunch of other minor ones. Spain needs no introduction. And even _Germany_ of all countries have different "germanities" with the Saxons, Bavarians, Bohemians, Pomeranians, etc. All of which either once practiced or still practice different cultures within their regions and only accepted being ruled by the same state once their respective governments have installed the standardization of cultural practices upon them while at the same time they would _never_ accept unifying their current territories into one giant blob even though they are all "white" by modern conceptions. The point is: *Stability isn't defined by ethnicity or race until people are artificially led to believe so!* 3. While I _do_ understand where you're coming from with cultural preservation, as long as no one is being forced to abandon their practices under the force of arms and are assimilating or "dessimilating" (I probably butchered the word, but you get it) under their own personal choice and personal sovereignty under their own individual decisions, then why should it matter? That is the true meaning of freedom. Allowing people to choose their own cultural affiliation free and uniterrupted. This goes for _both_ sides of the coin: Both the immigrants and the native people. Anyone who forces someone else to follow a given culture, be it foreign or native, under the force of arms or any other form of coersion against their property or life, is anti-humane all the same; *_TL;DR: YOUR ETHNIC ANCESTRY DOESN'T MEAN SQUAT FOR YOUR FINAL CULTURAL AFFILIATION YOU ULTIMATELY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW AND ATTRIBUTING SUCH CHOICE TO ETHNIC OR RACIAL ESSENTIALISM OR EVEN YOUR FAMILY TREE IS THE HALLMARK OF A LOSER._* *_TL;DR OF THE TL;DR: P R I M O R D I A L I S M W R O N G_*
Lorenzo Belen yeah, the only reason the world didn’t make a big deal about it is because of imperialism, and America holding the megaphone rather then the natives, so it sounded good, when we have crap like the trail of tears going on
There are difference between nationalism and patriotism. But there are many types of nationalism (for example, in Brazil, nationalism is basically patriotism). Still it is important to differentiate nationalism and patriotism
It’s a terrible idea to let a single government rule the entire humanity. Because I if such a government went wrong, we won’t know about it, because there aren’t any comparison. Even if we know it went wrong, we won’t be able to resist it, because people across the world are divided by different cultures and history, while the global government have access to all the resources across the world.
Felipe Correia Borges That depends on what kind of nationalism are we talking about. If nationalism refers to ‘our country should have a government which rules over anything’, then it’s definitely bad. If it refers to ‘the interest of people in this country must be protected’, then it’s probably not bad.
" Please consider making a tax-deductible donation" I love how this guy asked for a donation not because it goes to a great cause that he so eagerly speaks for, but because "hey, not only will you look good giving us a donation...but it's tax-deductible as well. I win. You win. We all win." That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get money from a rich person. Just say"tax-deductible".
@DenmarkI think what your trying to say is I know what your saying is correct but I don't want to accept that I'm wrong about anything and I'm too stupid to provide any kind of counter argument so I'm just going to assume that you are a stereotype of what supporters of the Democratic party are like in hopes that accusing you of being this stereotype, without any kind of evidence other the the fact that you don't agree with me on this one subject, complety destroys your argument no matter how valid it is. And of course I'm not smart enough to realize that this way of arguing only makes me look like a muscle headed idiot that blindly listens to whatever this UA-cam channel tells me no matter how much evidence supports the claim that they are wrong.
@@theparadigm8149 Present-day conservatives are liberals who believe in freedom and democracy (on paper at least, in the real world it doesn't quite work right). Bismarck was the supporter of Monarchy who hated the liberal revolutions of 1848. You mean "Conservatives" in more of a general sense while Fill Dokic is probably focusing on conservatives in the US currently.
why are you proud to be polish? what goals did you achieve to make this happen? how much hard work and dedication did you commit toward making your goals reality? if the answer is alot, then hell yeah you should b proud! or are you just proud of the fact that your mom got too drunk on vacation and got double teamed by two polacks?
jd123 Well kind sir, I happen to be fully Polish, born in Warsaw, so have my great grandparents and so on, and I am proud do to the history of my country, the fact that I am an active member of the society, and continue to work for the betterment of Poland. Anyone with legitimate reasons should be proud of their nationality.
@@Foolnation the only reason youre so 'proud' of your nationality is because you were born in a developed country and not some third world shithole. you are proud of your luck? nice. I hear no accomplishments to be proud of, you tried to sneak in 'working for the betterment of poland' but we both know you havnt made any relevant innovations to [olish society. also being a 'nationalist' and being porud of your nationality are not the same, although they are both dumb.
@@jungos2697 I consider India a third world country because it is an impoverished developing country (this is economics not being a filthy white lol). And most of India's innovations are from back in the day. your over religious oppressive country hasnt done shit to recently contribute to civilization. try taking care of your own poverty.
Patriotism is when you love your country for what It does Nationalism is when you love your country no matter what it does Learn to make the difference
That seems a very simplistic way of Defining it. Granted, America was never nationalist. Just like the nazis, they spread their influence in other countries and exploit the 3rd world countries. However, nationalism could help these countries resist the power from the Imperial core
@@Alex-qe5wn true, that’s the real meaning of nationalism who existed for a long time and was a symbol of resisting imperialism but then the fascists hjacked the word nationalism and then nationalism was seen bad and evil..
Its interesting howing they used a line from the Mending Wall by Robert Frost. "Good walls (boarders) make good neighbors. When that poem is about two neighbors building a wall for no other reason than tradition. The poem is actually about how dumb and meaningless this all is that same way boarders are ultimately just imaginery lines drawn on maps
The idea of nations, a group of people that speak the same language and come from the same tribe, started to be popular in the 19th&20th century, because of urbanization. People were feeling rooted out and lonely, so they wanted to believe they belonged to some nation. Before then, the only thing that mattered was who ruled in the land you lived. When you moved, ot changed.
PragerU: “Nationalism is about a country charting its own course without international intervention”
Also PragerU: “We must intervene in the Middle East to protect israel and fix the middle eastern nations ourselves. It is our duty to be the world police”
I think Prager is a Jew so of course he wants to protect Israel. Also, the Christians go along with it because they believe when a new Temple is built in Jerusalem (I think, it's been a while) that the Apocalypse will start.
To be fair, Prager U has also hosted pro-gay rights/marriage despite the fact Dennis Prager is against these things. I think he perfers a broad coalition of Conservative voices to a single narrative he himself constructs
But american christians hope for american christian centered imperialism across the globe. It is ingrained in their apocalyptic religion.
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From what I know of, us Christians dont believe that. Well I'm Catholic (I don't supoort PragerU btw) and I've never heard of that.
@@hi-nw7qy It's more of an Evangelical thing and maybe Mormon but they are the Christians in government roles most often.
"The Nazis were Socialist, it's in the name (National Socialism)"
"The Nazis weren't Nationalist, even though it's in the name (National Socialism)"
Love your hot takes TotallyALegitimateUniversity.
Nonomen I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.
Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly.
After looking at his book. “The Virtue of Nationalism,” it goes on to show he is referencing the idea of the nationstate. I think this video was a little too ballsy to try and group nationalism without such distinction😂
Nationalism, in a way, in its extreme point, is fascism (Nazi Germany or Imperialist Japan) but its milder part is patriotism which basically means that you are just proud of your country/culture.
Your a idiot
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Well, fascism goes back to Mussolini (Italy), but nevermind.
The issue is, that it's usually not that easy (and a matter of personal opinions) to draw commonly accepted lines between these gradations of nationalism.
Prager U is nothing but a far right propaganda network, trying to redefine terms to make them fit their agenda. That's nothing, other extreme ideologists (left, right, religious or whatever) wouldn't do. But they are lying to drag as many ppl. as possible on their side of the political spectrum. So they're basically scum.
Prageru “if you live in freedom, thank the British empire”
Also prageru “great figures such as MAHATMA GANDHI”
Adolf Hitler bruh glory to capitalism and your name is Adolf Hitler lmao
Communism is great, Capitalism is evil, it has absolutely nothing to do.
Compare the ideologies and you will realize that nazism and fascism, as terrible as they are, belong in reality to the far-left collection of bad ideas, together with comunism. They all derive from the worst of the marxist worldviews.
People don't realize that, because lefty historians sold us a lie at the university campuses that the Left controls.
If you live in freedom, is not thanks to Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Castro, Mao or Stalin.
Thanks to whom or what, then?
You already know the answer...
Gandhi didn't give independence to India you ignorant.
@@raiden360 if only retarded people can understand this...
I think we have a different definition of nationalism
This prager u founder are jew, not a big deal
@Karl Pilkington words change overtime. Langiage chsnge overtime. For example racist is now a term that you give to somebody who disagrees with you
@@bOt-lh4lg your hatred is sad and you will claim to hate "zionism" when you are truly just anti semitic you people are globalist sheep it shows in your name
@@darugdawg2453 wich is wrong as it has nothing to do with race and this means if you like strawberry ice cream and your neighbor likes chocolate you can call him racist and discriminate him
Without nationalism, my country probably would not exist. that's why I am a moderate nationalist.
PragerU: Nationalism is great because every nation should have the right to rule themselves!
Also PragerU: The British Empire was the greatest thing to happen to the world because it spread western democratic values and freedom!
@@quantasium That's the point Hazony makes in this video, that implied in Nationalism is the right to protect one's own cultural heritage and as such you realize you are different than others.
Presenting different points of view from different people in their names it's not hypocrisy, it's the very definition of honesty. It's what every University should do.
Wasn't that some other guy who said that?
@Terminator 7250 That just isn't true. The US was forced to give up its protectorate in the Philippines when Japan invaded in 1941. The US did not willingly leave because the Filipinos had the ability to self-determination. In fact, the US killed thousands of Filipinos who fought for independence against the US occupation in the Filipino-US war that lasted for 3 whole years. For the early part of the 20th century, the US was a colonial power. Cuba is another example. The US only lost influence with the ousting of Batista.
Nationalism=Fascism=Nazis=Bad lasagna
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"As a nationalist you should respect other nations as you want them to respect yours..."
So we're setting standards for how we believe other nations should behave?
Well done. You've just re-invented internationalism.
This includes a rather odd interpretation of the word "nationalism".
They should have coined a new word.
I believe that's called "lying".
Agreed. They basically say "Hey do you want one world government? No? Then you're a nationalist!" This is super shady political science.
Todays principle is more like globalism vs nationalism. Germany hitler nationalism. Germany merkel globalism. Same thing hungry for power. Words are interpreted by a person whos using it. Actions speaks louder than words
No it's the exact meaning
PragerU: "Nazis are socialist, it's in there name 'nationalist socialist'"
Also PragerU "Nazis weren't nationalist"
Matthew Vandeventer I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.
Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly.
@@genghiskhan7006 hahahahajajahahaja... oh your serious... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAJAJAJAJA.
Sorry, your propaganda doesn't work on me, I actually know a little bit about history, starting with how the people he listed as nationalist were not nationalist at all.
@@genghiskhan7006 unless you actually think words are meaningless. Personally I think words have uses, and that the left and right have been playing with definitions to the point where the language is completely different and contribute to the fracturing of civil discors. Trump calls himself a nationalist let's change the definition of nationalist to make it all Rosey while liberals change it to make it... Well they didn't have to change this one at all... Both sides have become just so pathetic. Yes I'm calling you pathetic, because you sit there and call out the splinters in someone else's eye while you have planks in your own.
@@genghiskhan7006. So he is refining nationalism to suit his own purposes then?
@@matthewvandeventer3632. Are you saying Thatcher wasn't a nationalist? Nationalism was a key component of Thatcherism.
"No not thaaat nationalism, the other one."
The jewish approved nationalism fam, the civic nationalism not racial.
No, not that far right, the alternative right :)))
@Aleksandr Aleksievich Palm-Leeis But one of Hitler's main things he focused on to create Germany stronger was strengthening the nuclear family.
@Aleksandr Aleksievich Palm-Leeis Oh yeah, "the kinda world conquering racist blind nationalism" that involves CONSCRIPTING your own people to fight in other nations' wars.
Did you ride the short bus?
@@cooperchambers8560 So did Truman.... at Hiroshima.
Growing up an American, I hated it at first, because I'm of African descent. I mean, all that happened to my ancestors just made me dislike my own country. Now older and more wiser, I understand the greatest sacrifice my ancestors made. Many American landmarks were erected by slaves. And even after slavery ended, many of them still loved this country, and wanted to make it better. They pressured for better rights, and quality of life. Some great African Americans like, Dr. Martin Luther King, made a great sacrifice for this country. We blacks must understand this, instead of just blaming White people for everything and victim shaming.
White people today are innocent. They are not responsible for the actions of their ancestors. The same way black people are not responsible for the actions of theirs. It's up to us, the current generation to move forward come to an agreement. We must put aside our hatred of one another, because if we do not, it will ultimately divide this country further. So people, lets definitely try and make America great again!
God bless this country~
many, many GREAT Americans of African descent have done their part to make the USA a great nation -- from Frederick Douglass to Thomas Sowell and too many more to list. well said and God bless you LayeredOnions.
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That's something that always struck me about MLKJ's speech. He didn't say "Only after the White man has paid us back in full for the pain and suffering of our ancestors shall there be peace," he said "I have a dream that one day [...] the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. [...] And when this happens [...] _all_ of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
I have a serious question to ask not just blacks, but any person who has been shamed into thinking they owe blacks something because of your skin color: do you believe that if Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today he would be applauding your actions?
I don’t think what your ancestors were forced into counts as a great “sacrifice”. They didn’t have a choice. If somebody commits a crime and is killed by the state via lethal injection, we wouldn’t say that person made a sacrifice in the name of justice. If I was walking along a sidewalk and somebody pushed me off of it in order to make more room for them, we wouldn’t say I made a sacrifice.
As to the sentence “White people today are innocent”. Innocent of what? Most white people today never owned slaves, but most are still complicit to or actively a part of a system that discriminates against people of color. I do not think anybody is responsible for the actions of their ancestors, but we also don’t live in a post-racial or post-racist society.
A serious investigation into history will show that most of what was done in American History that has been blamed on America, on the south and on whites has honestly been done through the wrong side of history efforts of the Democrat Party and they continue their wrong side of history, advancing socialism, government dependency and blocking absolute border security. It was not America that defended slavery. It was not the south either. It was not the whites.
It was the Democrat Party, formed by pro slavery politicians just a few decades after our constitution was ratified.
The Northern Democrats supported slavery but would not support any secession of the south. The Southern Democrats supported slavery and were willing to secede and to fight a war to defend it.
There were no Republicans in the South at the time of the Civil War and no Republican owned slaves.
The Republican party was actually formed to unite anti slavery politicians and citizens. Republicans and others opposed the Democrat Party on their slavery, on their Jim Crowe Laws, on their Segregation and on their white hooded lynching of about 5000 black and about 1400 white Americans ( and all of those lynching victims were members of or supporters of the Republican Party). Some were shot instead of lynched.
It is also the Democrat Party policies that gave us the Trail of Tears and the Japanese internment camps & property confiscation.
The Democrat Party was formed about 35 years before the Republican Party was, but the Democrat Party always had strong opposition from other Americans (black, white and of other various ancestry). Even in the 1960s, the Civil Rights bills that the Democrat Party and LBJ get credit for were largely opposed by and filibustered by Democrats in Congress.
The Republican minority in Congress heavily influenced the passing of those civil rights bills. Just a few years earlier, Republican President Eisenhower advanced some civil rights bills, but they were blocked and watered down by the Democrat Senate Majority leader. Who was that Senate Majority Leader? It was future president LBJ!
Thomas Jefferson knew exactly what he was writing when he penned the words "all men are created equal" and many Americans have been committed to that reality since those times. It was NEVER ALL of America or ALL whites who opposed true equality in liberty and opportunity.
Jefferson also denounced England's introduction of slavery into the colonies and he wrote that into the Declaration of Independence, but it was voted out by Georgia and South Carolina at the time. It was during Jefferson's presidency that Congress was able to ban the importation of slaves into the US and Jefferson as president signed that legislation. That's right. Founding era Congress and Thomas Jefferson were making incremental efforts to dismantle slavery. George Washington, Ben Franklin and many other founders also made efforts for this cause. The Democrat Party changed that course. They don't teach us that in schools. They only teach us that Jefferson fathered Sally Hemming's children when in truth, only ONE of the children's heritage links to the Jefferson line and evidence pretty strongly suggests that it was his considerably younger brother Randy who fathered that child.
.. and YES! Great American Patriots like Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Wentworth Churchill (a MA judge and member of the Sons of Liberty who reportedly also rode to warn a part of the community that "The British are coming"), Dr King, Peter Salem ( a hero at Bunker Hill), Hiram Rhodes Revels, Joseph Hayne Rainey and Madam CJ Walker forged the path "all men are created equal" envisioned and many carry that torch today with Allen West being a very great example of a true American Patriot in modern times.
Prager U: Nazis were socialists because it's in the name
Also Prager U: Nazis weren't nationalists in spite of it being in the name
People will always disagree with these ideology semantics and few actually care either way. The more you spend time trying to reason your way into the ‘right-wing’ being wrong, the more folks you lose to the culture war. You need to go for hearts and minds, it’s the only chance you’ll have. This is coming from someone who isn’t right-wing or conservative.
@@BuddyLee23 you're not wrong. If only right wingers had hearts and minds...
I'm republican and I agree, prager U can go to hell lmao. they are no better than cnn.
@@santouchesantouche2873 if only libtards like you weren't trying to destroy the West with mass immigration, Islam, Cultural Marxism, and political correctness.
@Brutus Tan Lol. I'm not a leftist. And please read a history book sometime.
PragerU: Nationalism and keeping borders and not going into other countries is the way to go
Also PragerU: The "Moral" British Empire was 100% a great empire and it was a good thing they went all around the world and took over and governed these other places with the "slightest" hand
Prager U isn't known for being in favor of morals. They just like the way the word sounds.
I don't think it was right or a good thing. But if the English didn't do that. Many countries may still not have invented simple things like wheels and electronics
Britain helped end slavery worldwide. Know your history.
cfgvd Oh god, that’s the equivalent of the “If we never brought slaves to America, their descendants would be worse off in Africa! African Americans should be thanking us!”
Look Out!
@@definitiveentertainment1658 no. Did you even read my comment?
He was roasting Hitler by saying he was “no nationalist”.
Hitler was most definitely a nationalist. Prager is a Zionist (even though I agree with the vast majority of their content/ opinions, etc.)
@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO They're Nazis.
hitler was a methhead
@@AmericanCaesarian - No he wasn't. He was the most chill dude ever, but of course Churchill and the allies did obviously stress him out.
@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO no he is actaully a methhead
Prager U: Be a nationalist!
Also Prager U: Give more money to Israel!
At face value, yes PragerU said both statements which would make them nonsensical, but you have to look at what both of those videos were saying. The first one, Be a nationalist, pretty self explanatory, and I agree with the statement. But giving money to Israel has a lot of benefits for the US. It's obvious you watched the video so you should know what they are.
Nicholas S Giving money to Israel also has a lot of drawbacks, contributing to the the deaths of innocent civilians and supporting an authoritarian regime one among many.
@@bigkroner766 So we should stop sending money to Israel? Also I'll like some proof of what you said to be true.
@@PedroTomé1 True, but we're not just giving money to Israel, we're getting a strategic position in the middle east against our enemies along with numerous benefits, such as we collaborate in research and development.
Plus when we sell them military stuff, Israel changes it to meet their own needs, which we also benefit greatly from.
And more are mentioned in the video ua-cam.com/video/dxE_UUrbMNA/v-deo.html
@Alex Dillard you're racist.
Someone explain to me how imperialism and nationalism are completely different, and how you can't be both of them. I'm pretty sure Hitler was nationalist and imperialist.
Before anyone flames me, I do know that imperialism and nationalism are different things. I probably worded that poorly. Just answer the second question.
@@zanderhamilton7908 They are the same thing. More nationalistic the more imperialistic!
@@sigmatic787 Okay? I understand that that Nationalism can go overboard into imperialism (like Hitler and friends). I still need why you can't be both answered. Maybe Prager just said it was that way so they didn't have to associate Hitler with the thing that good old Trump and other Republicans claim to be.
@@zanderhamilton7908 He's just spinning like an asshat to make nationalism seem as positive and shiny as possible by distancing the definition from those nasty things that are completely connected with it like imperialism, etc.
@@BadPojo Yeah, I don't agree with doing that. I do agree that nationalism is not inherently negative, but when taken too far, it can become a negative thing.
Prageru: "Hitler was an imperialist!"
Also PragerU: "Thank the British Empire for Freedom!"
Red Blaze that was the "good kind" of imperialism obviously lol
Red Blaze it was sarcasm obviously
@@morenitomoreno1282 Sorry! I didn't notice the quotation marks at first.
XD
There are bad imperialism not-that-bad imperialism. There are successful countries which is better to be independent. There are also countries which failed terribly due to primitive traditions, cultures unable to self improve, and/or tyranny.
A failed country can benefit from a not-that-bad imperialism Britain. When their society reformed into a more successful country, it become better for it to be independent of Britain or other imperialism countries.
张笑寒 cause the only way to help a "failed country" is to invade it. And treat its people like second class citizens? Enslave them? Amazing they're still clowns defending colonialism today
“hitler was no nationalist”
>ignores “nationalist socialist” like a boss
So nationalism and socialism are bad?
National not nationalist
@@nope6908 Yes, nationalism and socialism are bad.
So you would call hitler a socialist? Just because its named something doesent mean what you think it means, the day I learned that lesson I learned what "I will rail you" means...
@Tycoon Playz • 37 years ago This video started it, it has curse words.
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"Dying for Israel is real Nationalism" -Dennis Prager
When did he say that?
Progressive blarney Doc.
I cant tell if this is Positive or Negative
@Baraka Hagatanga thats a funny way of saying never
PragerU is fooling a million of real patriots
Why is a conservative channel using Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt prove their point?
ggali09 ...why not?
@@liannapfister8255 because Woodrow has practically the founder of the League of Nations, the predecessor of the U.N., and Teddy, well...he really loved to be an imperialist, but hey at least Teddy Roosevelt was actually a nationalist.
Wilson was 'progressive' on some issues, like the League of Nations, but he was also 'conservative' on some things, like re-segregating the military.
One of the biggest oversimplifications people make these days is that politics can be split into a 'left/right' or 'conservative/liberal' dichotomy, and that someone who agrees with one policy from a particular side must also agree with other policies on that side.
@@thomassaldana2465 the sooner people realize that we're in a fight between individualists and collectivists, the better off we'll all be. Right now people are still trapped in a 20th century mindset of left vs. right and it's a terribly inaccurate assessment of the issues of the day.
Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt have many flaws, but their nationalist elements lie upon the actions necessary to defend the American way of life form foreign threats, a sure sign of nationalism.
Leftists: Hitler was a nationalist
Communists: Hitler was a nationalist
Nazis: Hitler was a nationalist
Right-wingers: Hitler was a nationalist
PragerU: well ACTUALLY
Lol Nazi = National Socialist moron.
@@chasem1032 Democratic People's republic of Korea is democratic and a republic, right?
Just because something is in the name doesn't make it Socialist. Hitler literally abolished unions and privatized large sectors of the German economy.
@@Sana_a04 Hitler actually was a socialist. Everyone who wanted to succeed in Nazi Germany had to be a party member, otherwise, you were disowned or worse. Furthermore, he introduced many social reforms and tried to fight poverty with state-funded projects, like the Autobahn. That's why Germany's economy was in shambles before WWII; Hitler planned to pay back his horrific debt through war, which, obviously, didn't work out so well.
L the MC it’s important to understand what the word socialist means. A simple google search will tell you that a socialist is someone who advocates for social ownership (worker control) of the economy. Now why did Hitler have socialist in his party name? It’s simple. Capitalism was becoming unpopular due to the Great Depression, so for Hitler to get more votes, he’d make voters think he was left wing on economics. He wasn’t, he privatized Germany’s economy and banned trade unions.
The Crusader uh you pretty clearly just ignored my definition of socialism. Authoritarian socialism, aka Marxist Leninism, encourages state ownership of the means of production, but the state shall be owned by the proletariat? Did Nazi German have this? No. The Nazis were economically centrist, Because they took ideas from authoritarian economists, that the shall guide the capitalists. Center left ideas were they’re support for certain social programs. Center Right ideas were maintaining the existence of capitalism and fighting socialism and communism. In reality, communism and Nazism have almost nothing in common. Communism supports full egalitarianism after socialism is established, Nazism supports full hierarchy. Also there’s no such thing as a different type of socialism, other than the classic definition I have before and the Marxist Leninist one, which Hitler fits neither.
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America does not keep it’s ambitions inside its borders
Joseph Kennedy He’s from Israel
Middle East asked for it
Yeah it does for the most part. Huge difference between ambitions and needs... practically everything American outside the borders is a need.
@@terrencemoldern2756 Yes the ridiculous amount of US Military bases around the world, intervention in every conflict ever™, and stealing resources of any nation they can sure does sound like a need.
@@breadthatsred5815 lol are you an idiot. America already has pretty much every resource available.
We quite literally lead the world in innovation and control our own system. Pretty much EVERY country wants to do business with us. What exactly would we even still from mud stains like the Middle East?
There is no “stealing” of resources here you idiot. When America fought against Vietnam it wasn’t because of some oil or some other crap. It’s because they held a dangerous ideology which threatened both us and the ideals for which we stand for... which unsurprisingly was true.
Ever heard of the North Vietnamese “Re-education” camps? Over 400,000 died in them after they broke the treaty once America “left” their “nation”. America is the biggest peace keeping corps in the world that protects individuals and I have far more reason to support us then to not.
Interesting that Prager U contends national socialism is socialist because "socialism" is in the name while also claiming that NATIONAL socialism is definitely not nationalist.
All socialist countries and movements are authoritarian, the same can't be said about nationalists.
Excubitor what about anarchists? I’m not going to prove the USSRs democracy because it doesn’t matter what you’ve already made up your mind. But anarchists are socialist too. And show me one nationalist system that isn’t authoritarian
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Anarchism is a broad spectrum of different ideologies that separated from other marxists a long time ago (I believe that they were even excluded from the second international, not sure tho). Most anarchist are anti-statist, meaning that they percieve the very existence of a state as a form of agression, whereas you guys promote a system that is either proletarian democracy or a dictatorship of the proletariat, simply an authoritarian big government which can transform the society and the econonmy into a socialist one.
You can't prove that the USSR was a democracy, 'cause it simply was not, it's leaders were not elected b ythe people, yet wielded absolute power.
The very concept of a nation state is nationalistic, many of such states are democratic and indeed more prosperous and stable, than countries that are not nation states, one can still uphold democratic values and pluralism while wanting the best for his country and people.
@@5698-e2d they can be? I'm not saying nationalism is inaptly authoritarian, but it can be said. Hitler is one example of many lol.
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lol you are wrong
Real socialism , those born in western Europe (France, Great Britain, Germany, etc... ) are not authoritarians. Their purpose was to free workers from the oppression from the bourgeoisie and capitalists.
In fact the common definition of socialism by most of this historic thinkers is : democratic politic power, and democratic economic power. Meaning that every individual has the same level of power, and their freedom of choice is not limited to a social status or wealth.
Proletarian democracy is democracy this is not an authoritarian system, this is the answer to the authoritarian bourgeois "democracy" where only rich peoples could vote.
Dictatorship of proletariat is not a dictatorship with a strong leader, but a term used by Marx with reference from antiquity ,meaning a transitional phase.
But because you are ignorant you don't realize that what was proposed by Marx was more democratic than the capitalists societies had to offers at his time, in reality just oligarchies, an oligarchic politic system for an oligarchic economic system.
Proletarian democracy, is not about a big government.... Giving that socialism is based on democracy, this is not authoritarian, unlike defending their self interest and exercising unilateral power over workers. Authoritarians systems are based on vertical relation, socialism is based on horizontal relation.
There can have freedom only in horizontal system.
On the other hand nationalism movements are always authoritarians because nationalism is based on the psychological trait called Right wing authoritarian (RWA) , that is not found among common progressive left peoples. RWA is related to submission to a strong leader, and to the group, and rejection of out group ( Jews are the typical out group for any nationalism because they had no nation in the past ), it is the perfect reflect of nationalist ideologies. Nationalism define a vertical link between the person and the nation.
May be you are confusion nationalism with the left wing view on nation : patriotism.
Else all what you say is wrong, just ignorance from just copy from many propaganda, including false socialism/communism like stalinism, etc...
Imperialism and nationalism are opposed but Wilson and Roosevelt were nationalists? Wut
PotatoeIsland I believe he is referring to civic nationalism, just that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.
Civic nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly.
After looking at his book. “The Virtue of Nationalism,” it goes on to show he is referencing the idea of the nationstate. I think this video was a little too ballsy to try and group nationalism without such distinction😂
Barak Obama I don’t really understand how that’s relevant to my comment. Roosevelt and Wilson were both imperialists and this video claims that imperialists can’t be nationalists, but also says that Wilson and Roosevelt were nationalists.
@@PotatoeIsland He has been spamming the same message in all the comments of people who dissagree, showing that he doesn't care one bit about the actual comment.
I think this PragerU guest is just intentionally shitting on nationalism.
Hoping it goes unnoticed by the audience and supporters.
Island. Anti-imperialism basically demands that if one has the means with which to defeat an imperialistic force without severely weakening themselves. Saying that Woodrow Wilson's decision to intervene in World War I was somehow imperialistic is just inaccurate on multiple fronts, including the one of them that was just about at France's border.
So not so long ago PragerU put out a video praising the British *Empire* now they're praising Gandhis anti colonialist nationalism? Lol
Morenito Moreno There are bad imperialism not-that-bad imperialism. There are successful countries which is better to be independent. There are also countries which failed terribly due to primitive traditions, cultures unable to self improve, and/or tyranny.
A failed country can benefit from a not-that-bad imperialism Britain. When their society reformed into a more successful country, it become better for it to be independent of Britain or other imperialism countries.
Rick O'Shay India was occupied by British *colonizers* so Indian nationalism at the time made perfect sense but most people don't know shit about Gandhi political views, he's mostly known for using civil disobedience to fight oppression. Prager is saying one one hand the British Empire was great and a net positive for the world and "freedom" 😂(these people are insane) on the other hand they're praising Gandhis nationalism which was a direct response to the British Empire and colonialism which Prager claims was so great. You can't praise both colonialism and nationalism, gotta pick a side, but we know what they mean, they like colonialism for non white "savages" but nationalism for white people.
That isn't a very nice example of it for sure. The British enforced an oppressive, racist, colonial regime in India. Gandhi opposed it via civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement. That was then, when Indians were being mistreated by the British. The situation now is very different.
Rick O'Shay I guess we can praise Bin Laden for strengthening the patriotic fiber of America? 9/11, a "blessing in disguise"?
@Clinton Reisig it reduced many social evils but it also brought with it its own kind of social evil - white supremacy, institutionalized white racism and discrimination. Then there were people like Dyer who were celebrated for the massacre of innocents. Like you said, truth is truth.
Somewhere in America there’s a ww2 veteran having a heart attack from this.
American ww2 vets, and vets in general, are mostly Nationalists. The more you know.
Your confusing nationalism with military service
And confusing it with patriotism
Patriotism and nationalism both are based on pride for your country. Nationalism was good for unifying Germany and Italy in the mid to late 19th century.
@Huon Sainsbury Not at all. Patriotism is devotion, loyalty, and defense for one's country. Nationalism is a belief in policy that asserts one's national self-determination and independence. If patriotism is an act, Nationalism is the policy that guides that act. In fact, the United State's reluctance to enter World War 2 was in part due to our nationalist sentiment. In the same way, the last administration avoided extending conflict in the middle east and chose to scale back American reliance on foreign energy, goods, and services. A lack of nationalism oftentimes leads to failed states, but so too does an excess of it. Iraq, North Korea, and most french colonial countries in Africa being prime examples. Nationalism is not inherently good or bad. American Nationalism is not in the same universe of Jingoism or Isolationism, either. But, I assume all of you have never critically studied this. You all seem to think "Nationalism Bad" is a universally accepted idea. You lose all credibility when you say that because Nationalism being good or bad is not even the premise of the argument. WHEN is nationalism good or bad is where you should be looking for answers.
MAKE AUSTRALIA GREAT AGAIN
Oi Oi hell yeah my fellow Aussie
Chinese whose loyalty is to CCP are taking over your country. Watch out!
I don't know how we would though all of our parties are shit even the minor ones
Don't let us one up you now we're coming to trade real soon we expect some free trade over there
Bloody oath mate 🇦🇺 But who would make Australia a united nationalist nation? Pauline Hanson? Clive Palmer?
The comment section sees this as ridiculous propaganda yet there's still more likes than dislikes??? KOWALSKI, ANALYSIS!
Paid bots or alt-right nazis who like the message.
As nice as these theories might be, I think the simpler reality is that people are more willing to go down to a comment’s section because they’re upset with the content of the video than because they’re happy with it
Vocal minority. Typically they're in the wrong.
The channel receives millions by some fracking-billionaires. I think they can do whatever they want.
Its because the People who like dont come down to the comments. They dont have anything to say, the can only repeat!
PragerU - "Everyone should be proud of their nation.....unless it's one that disagrees with 'Merica."
I'm glad you understand :D
If it disagrees with the fundamentals of America’s Constitution and Bill of Rights, then that’s most definitely not something to be proud of. You only get a pass in my book if you’re somewhere like North Korea or China where it’s pretty hard to know any better.
@@non1263 What is stated in the bill of rights is not exclusive to the US. And there is a lot of trash in the constitution.
illuminatutos
No. Total freedom of speech (meaning you can’t be punished for “hate speech”) and the right to bare arms is very much unique to the US. And calling the Constitution trash doesn’t tell me anything other than you hate America.
@@non1263 So you're one of the people who "disagrees with the fundamentals of America's constitution," then.
I think you're confusing nationalism with patriotism bruh
nationalism
/ˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/
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noun
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
"their nationalism is tempered by a desire to join the European Union"
if you put your people's interest above other values (moral ones as well), that's nationalism (welcome to china)
if it's restrained by other values, yet you still value it, it's patriotism
Andrea Mendenhall your definition of nationalism is so far the best I’ve seen
Pretty sure they're just lying. That's kinda their thing.
No he is not.
>nationalism is the opposite of imperialism
>a square is the opposite of a rectangle
"Nationalism is the opposite of imperialism"
Okay
@CHill TACtics What is a definition of nationalism? I guess we mean two completely different concepts and use the same word to name them.
Ok so lmao why PragerU last year defending the British Empire?? They were sure as hell not nationalists. I'm sorry, but you can't say Hitler wasn't nationalist cuz he went past his borders but then claim the British Empire was fine
@@kd35beast24 Hitler wanted Germany to be bigger. Stronger. Such love for country.... isn't that far nationalism?
I define nationalism as ideology focused on ones own nation unity and power, comparing nations to living organisms, fighting over limited resources and getting stronger often at cost of another nation/organism. Popular before both World Wars, also a cause of these conflicts.
How do you define it?
Plain, peaceful love for ones country, a will to contribute to it - I call this patriotism.
Anonim 54 Hitler didn’t love ,,his“ country, he loved the power he had over it. That’s why he tried to destroy Germany in the final stages of war (Verbrannte-Erde) instead of trying to make peace.
Marwin Limmer Hitler was a Nationalist, and he didn’t love his country so much as the idea of what he wanted it to be.
The ideology of Nazism was at the core of hitlers thinking. This wasn’t a politic party it was revolutionary movement, you can compare it to the Bolshevik movement which sought to destroy everything from the past and create their own perfect vision of the future. Hitler was devoted to the movement not his people, for him, everyone was an organism part of the movement. Break out of line and die.
When Hitler gave the order to destroy Germany, he did so because the insane ideology of Nazism convinced him that Germany had failed the movement and needed to be destroyed.
Hanna Arendt talks about it in “Origins of totalitarianism”
Good read.
Internationalism and imperialism aren't the same thing. Imperialists want to expand their nation by force, internationalists want voluntary cooperation between nations.
you are close but not quite, the main difference is that Internationalism whants to create a world were cultural and national differences are no longer an impediment in international relations while imperialism whants to impose one nation’s way of living in the entire world.
@@danoctavian8184 i think thats a nice expansion upon their take on it
@RhodesianSAS no, lol
@RhodesianSAS I don't want anyone enslaved and Im an internationalist. Riddle me that :)
@RhodesianSAS I'm the annoying type 😘
"The two world wars weren't caused by nationalism" I feel like Austria-Hungary and Archduke Franz Ferdinand have something to say about that
It was caused by extreme chauvinism and not regular nationalism
@@filldokic4373 Thats an interesting pivot to make, especially when those two terms are interchangeable and have little difference to one another. Most important to recognise here though is that i personally have only ever seen the Black Hand described as nationalist so there is no reason to make this statement when historical consensus is already clear.
World War One happened because people didn’t want to live under authoritarianism
@@inertinertia9514 they do have a difference because a nationalism is the love for country and chauvinism is being extreme
@@filldokic4373 If we’re going to obsess over semantics like this I’ll put forward that what you really mean In place of the term nationalism is patriotism. Nationalism is praising a country over all others and over emphasising its perceived superiority which makes it an ideology hostile to other countries by its nature. Patriotism is less harmful in that it’s the term that describes just appreciating the nation you identify with, without directly implying a disregard for other nations.
You know you're in trouble when you're holding up Henry VIII as a role model
Responsible Humanism 😂😂😂
Henry VIII was bad, but the example is good
Responsible Humanism they arent, they just said he was the first nationalist
Or Woodrow Wilson for that matter (0:24)
@nakedBison69 or other communist dictators lol
MAKE CANADA GREAT AGAIN. KEEP JAPAN GREAT. MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN.
Japan has been very smart about the entire migration issue.
Keep japan great, ty for this 😁
Thank you so much,I'm from Japan and very glad to see Japan is so safe,and i very hope Europe,Canada,USA will great again too;)
@@KitKatEater99 Please be proud of your Japanese culture and heritage. Its what makes Japan the greatest nation in the world!
Of those countries you mentioned, Japan is apparently the best off by far for now.
Nationalism does not just mean that a country wishes to keep its ideals focused and centered within its borders. It also implies that that nation’s values are inherently superior to another’s. This motivates people to spread these beliefs past their borders and violate the definition of Nationalism that was outlined in this video. That is a key characteristic of imperialistic nationalism. The two aren’t opposites, they have overlapping goals.
Spoken just as a compulsive liar lying about the inherently Politically Centrist and MUTUALLY respective nature of TRUE Nationalism, which is NOT Fascism despite the claims of some, would say. TRUE Nationalism is best defined by the term/saying of "Live and let live.".
Jack. Again, you're confusing Fascism with ACTUAL Nationalism. True nationalism is NOT a political ideology of domination, but one of coexistence. The best analogy would to be think of nations as individual households inside of a neighborhood, where the boundaries between the property of one household and the next household are clearly defined, and all households respecting the fact that every plot of land belongs to the residents of its household. Moving past said analogy, and in regards to immigrant demographics, both Far-Left Marxists and Far-Right Fascists tend to misconstrue what "cultural assimilation" actually entails, as they both tend to misrepresent it as the immigrants giving up their original culture entirely and replacing it solely with that of the host country. In actuality, cultural as simulation can best be described by the use of another analogy: Let's say that somebody is making a recipe that involves different ingredients being mixed together in a giant blob of sorts before being actually cooked, and for the sake of the analogy every ingredient representing a different culture, the ingredients that take up the plurality of the mass of coarse representing the host culture in its original form. One culture would be represented by salt, another one by graniluated sugar, and still more by cinnamon, paprika, coconut shavings, lemon juice, nutmeg, rosemerry, vanilla extract, saffron, cumin, cocoa powder, tomato sauce, cooking wine, alcoholic horse milk, M&Ms, pistachios, and etcetera. Once every one of these ingredients are mixed together into one continuous mass, said mass will still nevertheless be greatly effected by every single one of the ingredients that were used to make it throughout its entirety. The nations of today, ALL of them, had their respective ethnic origins come about from this process. England originated from a mixture of Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Normadian, and Norse cultures, a syntheses of them. The American South's cuisine is almost as much Native American as it is European, while its accent is as much West African, mostly Nigerian, as it is European. Tibetan Buddhism is heavily influenced by Bonism, the native religion of Tibet, while Japanese Buddhism has been syncresticized with Shintoism enough where it can usually be considered to be both religions simultaneously. Etcetera, etcetera, and etcetera. However, many of the immigrants today come from an ULTRAnationalistic background, which despite its name, is about as much actual Nationalism as a jellyfish is an actual fish. The majority of these Fascist, these racially and culturally imperialistic, immigrants are the Islamofascists, adherents of cult denominations of a religion that is in its base form not a cult, much like how The Westborou Baptist Church is a cultish denomination of Christianity, the latter of which is also an overall legitimate religion. Like any fascists, the Islamifascists wish to enslave and/or slaughter anybody and everybody who apposes them by being on the side of freedom, unlike them. Also not helping is that the slow-suicidal tendencies of the Marxist baizou "white left" is even encouraging Fascist violence to be committed against Europeans and European Americans by various other groups via selective disinformation. Stop falling for both the Marxist lies and the Fascist lies of what ACTUAL Nationalism is.
" It also implies that that nation’s values are inherently superior to another’s. "
NO, it DOESN'T. One can be a nationalist WITHOUT thinking oneself superior to anyone else. For example, a person in Britain can be a nationalist (desiring that the UK rule itself domestically, and embracing his own culture, history, and heritage) without thinking himself or his culture superior to that in, say, the United States.
But here's something for you: some cultures ARE superior to others. That's right, I said it. And I meant it. The culture of the United States, for example, IS superior to that found in much of the Middle East, many places in Africa, parts of Asia and South America. Why? It comes down to the way we view and treat people. Without claiming that we're perfect, one only has to look at how we view the worth of the individual, and what we allow to be done to the individual. Even if you don't believe in gay rights, for example, VERY few of us would attack or throw a gay person off a roof. And even for those few people who ARE the kind of scum who would do something like that, our society in general will NOT tolerate assault and murder. But there are LOTS of places in the world where such things would not only be tolerated, they are encouraged. So, SOME cultures ARE superior to others, because some cultures are more GOOD than others (without being perfect).
@@kimbara3525 OK. First, you made an erroneous assumption. You said that I "would have no problem getting replaced". *I* am not getting replaced. I'm NOT white, I'm black. So you reveal something about yourself with your prejudicial assumption. (Don't feel bad; I find that same thing online repeatedly. You express pro-American, pro-Western sympathies, and people automatically assume you must be a white male, angry about being "replaced". Shows how deeply leftist propaganda has penetrated the modern American mind) Second, I DO have a MAJOR problem with people coming here, when they come ILLEGALLY. This reveals more leftist propaganda. They paint anyone who opposes open borders and unrestricted, idiotic immigration policies as anti-immigrant/immigration. NOT TRUE. AT ALL. We oppose LAWLESSNESS. We oppose people, whether citizens or not, breaking the law with impunity and not only not being punished for it, but being rewarded. People want to come to America because of our stable, prosperous society. Well, we only have that society because of the Rule of Law. If we do not respect our laws, and do not require those who come here to respect them, the Rule of Law goes away, and so does our civilization. Furthermore, the CITIZENS of THIS country get to decide who comes here and who doesn't, NOT people from other countries. Immigration isn't for the benefit of people in other countries, it's for OUR benefit. It is NOT to our benefit to allow criminals, rapists, and terrorists into this country, even if the country they're coming from is a war-torn Hell hole. I frankly don't give a crap about their country. If it's so horrible, they should stay home and fix it, rather than bring their problems here. So, I despise ANYONE who is in favor of open borders and unrestricted illegal invasion (or even unrestricted legal immigration), because I love my family, my country, and my culture, and I don't want it changed or altered by people who have NO idea why it's great, and don't appreciate it. And, for the record, those people would include "useful idiot" citizens, too.
One needn't think one's own nation superior to ALL other nations to be a nationalist. One must merely understand and be comfortable with one's own nation and culture, and desire that it not be altered by outsiders. Nationalism is simply a desire to prevent one's home from being invaded, altered, and controlled by people, inside the nation or out, who don't know or respect the nation. It's also a desire to mind one's own business and not run around interfering across borders unless absolutely necessary. Anyone who opposes that (ESPECIALLY globalist leftists) is simply an idiot who doesn't understand the US or human nature (even if they were born here).
@@kimbara3525 Nothing you said made any sense. I don't know if it's the inarticulate phrasing or what, but it sounded like a bunch of gibberish from "Of course a black person would encourage civ nationalism..." on. And there is no "of course" about it. In my experience, most black people don't even think about this stuff on a regular basis, if at all, and of those who do, most tend to be idiot leftists. I'm a rare exception to that rule.
And here I thought Henry VIII just wanted to get rid of his wife. Had no idea, he was a "virtuous nationalist"!
Henry VIII did love England, and fought the church for that reason. His wanting a divorce was not even half the story. Do a little reading, not just watch the Tudors.
Yes, the Protestant bias is strong in this video
@@personalismoneomedieval9536 I don't think, that this video is about religion.
MARGARELON It mentions Henry the 8th against the Catholic Church as a form of nationalism. It does mention religion.
@@personalismoneomedieval9536 - I agree with you on this note. I do Not Believe King Henry is a very good example of Nationalism... He had ulterior motives... That is History. And Not just from the show the Tudors. Reading about him clarifies this completely.
It's called minding your own business and we'll mind ours
isn't that the opposite of america ?
@@alchemist7525 Not at first you can thank Clinton for that
@@CY3ERUS what about bush obama donald trump and all the others ?
NPC #40249 oh okay so Teddy Roosevelt was a global politician and all of the people that enlisted in his expedition as well were culprits. Also all of the soldiers that went to all of those islands to conquer them and the banks that finance it are global politicians somehow?
@@CY3ERUS It's a bit late to say 'mind your own business' when the US has hundreds of military bases built around the world.
"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two different and even opposing ideas are involved. By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality. " Notes on Nationalism-George Orwell
I won't quote George Orwell that much.
Wise words but to them orwell is just some commie
@@emil6502 Ironic for people that reference 1984 whenever the government does something that they don't like
@@Mira-Hime lmao true
That’s a vague way of describing a patriot and a nationalist.
Imagine putting Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson on the same pedestal
I thought prageru hated woodrow wilson
When I look at a picture of Woodrow wilson I can see the evil in his eyes.
They kind of are on the same level though, both of them sucked
You do realise you've changed the definition of nationalism right? The definition requires for the exclusion or detriment of other countries.
Oh you mean like every country on Earth.
That's utterly false. Americans have been nationalists since at least 1776, but they've also been isolationists for much of that time. Many Europeans were extremely upset with the U.S., for being so reluctant to join the fight during both World Wars. Isolationism as the U.S.'s default position only changed after WWII, when the U.S. was the only western country which could deliver on the principal foreign policy objective of the entire western world: the stemming of Soviet expansionism.
Exclusion? Sure. Idk about detriment.
Exclusion maybe, but no where is something detrimental to another nation required for nationalism.
PragerU: Nationalism is good. We should pursuing our interests without interference.
Me: What about the massacre of srebrenica by the serbian nationalist under Miloševič
PragerU: Who?
They may know who they are
Also
Just because one group did something wrong doesn't mean methods similar to those used in this scenario will always make the same mistake
Michael Williams so that logic should apply to communists and antifa and Imperialists right? Not ALL of them are bad definitely not!
Also isn't America the nation that literally interferes with every other nation on this planet. They can't help themselves.
@@michaelwilliams9080 Tell that to all the civilians that have been killed in the Balkans.
Tito Zizek oh, you mean thing that never happen?!
I'm genuinely stunned by how every sentence is wrong in a brand new way
Enlight us then and discredit every sentence with a solid argument.
To "be genuinely stunned" is more an emotional reaction to something you dislike than a viable counter to Prager's position.
Google "Cognitive Disonance" and you will better learn how not to get stunned by what others think or say.
That is the escence of Real Tolerance.
Or even discredit one sentence. Go ahead.
@@benjaminmacaulay4936 you are to far lost to argue with if you dont see the problem with Prageru Im sorry. Its literally conservative propaganda from a fake university funded by fracking millionaires. 🤣
@@benjaminmacaulay4936 "imperialism is the opposite of nationalism" there's one that is in no way true. Imperialism doesn't in any capacity "attempt to bring peace and prosperity to the world" it's the opposite; it's a country taking over another for its own benefit. the English didn't colonise Australia cause they wanted to help the Aboriginals, no, they did it to deal with their own crowded and overpopulated prisons, they needed a place to dump their criminals, they did it for their own benefit. Wouldn't u say that's putting your own country before others?? ...... sounds a lot like nationalism right???
Imperialism is not the opposite of Nationalism, in fact they go hand in hand. Any sort of imperialist action or move has almost always been for nationalist reasons.
@@benjaminmacaulay4936 youre an actual buffoon lmao
I think that we have really different definitions of "nationalism".
As far as I know, nationalism considers that nations are like organisms, competing and fighting each other. This means one should support his own nation, want it to survive and be strong, at cost of other nations, because "if we don't beat them, they will beat us". Then we go straight to Nazism and Imperialism. Empire is basicly a strong nation, that dominates others - like an animal on the top of food chain.
If one wants his nation to prosper, but not at cost of others, then it's patriotism.
(Please forgive me any errors in the text, English is my second language).
Your confusing Fascism with Nationalism.
@@drdeadred851 Nationalism is an integral part of fascism. In my opinion, fascism can simply evolve from nationalism. Just like communism or socialdemocracy can evolve from socialism, or anarchism from libertarianism.
@@The2ndUsername Well, at least 55% of EU members, that also represent at least 65% of EU population must agree to let a law pass.
What do you mean by "EU wants"? Who exactly?
Opposing EU is eurosceptism, and it doesn't mean nationalism - although both often go together. However, an eurosceptic may just be a rusophile, and a nationalist may just want to exploit EU to subordinate other countries (I think EU isn't really exploited like that though).
EU is nowhere as authoritarian as states considered "nationalist' (USSR, Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy, Nazi Germany, or junta-controlled Argentina).
Oh, and for opposing globalism, there is another term, antiglobalism, (and, to some extent, alterglobalism) - it's something that also several left-wing organisations want, and openly claim. If you call them nationalists - they will deny. They may *not* want the nation to stay integrated, in the name of freedom.
@Jake L I think borders should exist, as long as various cultures and languages exist. Usually, it's not about being better, it's about differences in culture and mentality, different laws, varying economic systems...
For example, in Sweden, the norms of 'bad parenting" are much higher, and it's much "easier" for parents to have their children take away, than in Poland. My countrymates consider Swedish norms as far too strict, and anti-parent but the norms are adapted to Swedish culture, not Polish. And probably Swedes see it the other way - that the Polish State is caring about children too little.
However, both countries are in EU and Schengen Zone, and the transit between countries is fast and easy.
Ah, and, just in case, the borders may serve to contain certain threats (by getting closed), like criminals or epidemies.
Its the opposite of globalism. It means that we put our nation first. That we protect what we have created. Or would you rather share everything we have with people who are starving because they are corrupt and lazy like Africa and the Middle East?
4:10 that is the greatest joke I’ve ever heard.
He’s a Imperialist, or an Ultra-Nationalist. So do you mean, i am right wing and bc of that i’m a far-right wing?
It’s true. Like he said. If hitler was a nationalist he wouldn’t have started a world war
@@elijahmccormick3360 Yes he would to wash of the shame that is Treatry of Versailles
Elijah McCormick Hitler WAS a nationalist. That doesn’t mean it is bad thing, but sometimes bad people use it...
Yea it's like they changed the word for Hitler so they could use nationalism guilt-free
There's so many different types of nationalism: Civic nationalism, Ethnic nationalism, Economic nationalism, Religious nationalism, Left-wing nationalism, Racial nationalism, etc.
Left wing Nationalism?
Left-wing nationalism seems contradictory in nature when taken at face value and because of that, can be a bit difficult to explain. In my experience, it denotes a region or group of people that strongly identify with a unified culture along political and social lines, but are very inclusive in who they bring under their umbrella and wager all concerns as part of the whole. This is often a characteristic of independence movements and frequently have ties with Marxist schools of thought. A great example of this is the Basque Nationalist movement calling for its independence from Spain. Having lived there as a foreigner, I can attest to the incredibly inclusive nature of the basque people no matter who you are and will accept you as part of their culture. There was the idea that I am my person, but I'm now also Basque.
@@bettercallsaal More cases of left-wing nationalism, Sinn Fein (the party historically tied to the Irish Republican Army) and the Scottish National Party. Both can't stand Britain, especially after Brexit.
To be clear, I was not defending left-wing nationalism. I personally believe that all nationalism is destructive to a globally interconnected world and that a person should do their best to distance themselves from their personal nationalistic feelings, or at the very least acknowledge them. Read George Orwell’s statements on nationalism if you want to understand why this is. I was just pointing out that Left-wing nationalism tends to be more of a benign sort in idea. There is not really a sense of superiority of one person over another as seen with most other variants. Obviously it still has its toxicity being that it likely spawns terroristic groups such as the IRA, ETA, and the Sons of Liberty, but the overall goal is independence, not supremacy.
@@bettercallsaal
When the "interconnected world" by the globalists is destroying the nation's culture and heritage across the world, don't be surprised if at one point the natives get fed up FFS. You're seeing the founding stock of every nation hit by mass migration becoming more and more nationalistic, you cant expect to walk over your own people over the needs of big corporations and foreigners, and then put the blame on natives when they get angry.
If you want an interconnected world only for trade, that's fine tho
“Nationalism is a infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind” -Albert Einstein
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Einstein was wrong. And that's not the only time he was.
@@radarcontact1974 Patriotism is being proud of your country for what it does. Nationalism is being proud of your country no matter what it does.
@@Akira-ss6cm That's just a game of words like sex/gender or vengeance/retaliation.
Truth is that in english you only use the word "Nation" while in spanish, for example, "Patria" and "Nación" are synonyns.
Manipulate the language and you can manipulate the perception.
That's why we see the raise of stupid gender pronouns and politicized technicisms.
The love for your country implies the will to improve it and, therefore, what it does will always matter.
@@radarcontact1974 if it's a game of words, then why does this video exist? Why is distinction suddenly important? Does this video not try to shape your perception of the word?
Prager U: *posts this video*
Also, Prager U: Support Israel, gibz me dat foreign moni.
This has nothing to do with ur comment but from which anime is ur Profil picture
I think you angered a lot of Britons by citing Margaret Thatcher as being any good.
We can only hope that the scottish didn't hear that
"The only problem with pissing on my grave, is that you eventually run out of piss"- Margaret Thatcher
@@inertinertia9514 And especially the Irish
@@adamkurowski1934 Don't piss on her grave man... It's too much she is probably in hell anyway.
@@woollypidgeon1948 Even English people.
"Naziism"
The N in Nazi litteraly referes to Nationalism
Omg pease. It means NATIONALSOCIALISM. NAZI= NATIONALSOZIALISMUS. So Communists automatically refer to socialism?
The Nazis said they are socialists just to show themselves leftists while they are right just for votes
And so do nationalism
They were imperialist with imperial idea not nationalist
@@ehabuossef8026
One can be both Imperialist and Nationalist
but also keep in mind, Nazis are Fascist, and Fascism is "ultranationalist" (among other things)
@@gunjfur8633 and you just said nationalism doesnt exist in this idea entirely
@@ehabuossef8026
When did I say Nationalism doesnt exist?
I am an American nationalist, who happens to be African American. 🇺🇸
I'd say you are an American nationalist who happens to be an American. Is there anything African about you? Or are you just 100 percent American? It's a sheep's label in my view but either way it's your view that matters most.
Kreemerz I like the wording of that, who (someone who has actual sense and reason) gives a shit if you’re black, you’re an American, and that’s all that matters.
That makes two of us!
Kreemerz ok?
your heroes of nationalism are henry 8, thatcher, and trump? good luck dude
Your hero is eu? Good luck too. Internet in that region is already censored
Trump is no nationalist. Just another puppet of the zion.
Samuel Skogqvist What is wrong is zionists?
Wats wrong with Trump?
DorkShop doesn’t understand what is being said, sadly.
"the bible invented borders"
Was that before or after the Hebrews genocidal conquests of their holy land?
@@theparadigm8149 I hope that’s sarcasm...
He wanted to have another woman, so he left the Catholic Church. He wasn't a nationalist, he was a traitor.
Thank you! My thoughts too. And Luther's split was not primarily nationalism either - that came later.
Imperialism and nationalism don't contradict each other.
Well in some ways they do but definitely aren't polar opposites
@@cael8948
"My imperialism contradict nationalism of others but not MY nationalism" And this is the last part that is important in an ideology.
@@cael8948 Nationalism contracts with support of more local institutions, like your city or State. People from the Italian peninsula might be Genoese or Sicilian rather than Italian. People from the US might be Texans or Floridians rather than Americans. German-speaking people in Central Europe might be Saxons or Bavarians rather than German.
I believe that what you are describing is the definition of "patriotism". You should love your nation but not at the expense of other nations. That is because then you become a nationalist. It is vital that we retain the meanings of these two words without mixing them up. That is because in the future we might not be able to tell apart nationalism from patriotism which would be of use to very evil agendas. Control the language and you can control one's thoughts.
Both those words mean essentially the same thing and they’re both terrible ways of looking at humanity. Nations are nothing more than political constructs and have no “right to exist.”
idc about other countries i love my own there is no reason to love other so yes ill do anything for my country no matter wyat
@@TheBoxer8382 see that’s the problem with nationalism, what happens when those interests are harmful to others…1940s showed us
Nah this is the original definition of nationalism. Patriotism comes from the Greek word “Patris” meaning “fatherland” and means a devotion to one’s country. Nationalism means someone to be devoted to his own people, the nation. Things that happened in the 1940s should not change the meanings of these values.
@@aka_056 A VERY good point (though "patris", I believe, is Genitive for "pater" in Latin, but yes, the origin is in Greek "pateras"). Usually, "patriotism" and "nationalism" are synonyms, as most European countries are nation-states. HOWEVER, there's the case of multi-nation states and, especially, empires and empire-like states (such as the USSR or current Russia - or the wannabe empires, such as the EU). For instance, in the USSR, "patriotism" (being a proud citizen of the Soviet Union, irrespective of your nationhood) was highly encouraged, while "nationalism" (wanting your nation to have an independent state and running it as it sees fit) granted a ticket to Siberia (in case you avoided being shot outright, that is). In case of Russia, you can see how they reacted to nationalism in Ukraine. In the West, some "comrades" are VERY keen on eradicating the notion of "nationalism" and replacing it with "patriotism" (e.g., being a "patriot" of the EU and crushing the evil nationalists who don't want a supranational entity to run their country) - and they are VERY correct in saying "Control the language and you can control one's thoughts", because this is exactly what they are trying to do.
Does anyone else think it's confusing how Prageru keeps advocating for "nationalism" but also insist that the US should be leading the world and interfering with other countries affairs?
That's exactly what I thought too! Lol
I like when he praises Henry the 8th. You can trust someone who praises Henry the 8th. Makes sense to me.
I’m disappointed in Philip II of Spain for not properly ending his dynasty.
umm he literaly only said that we was their first nationalist didnt say a thing a out his kther actions
@Dumbo Octopus Conservatives don't really like anything theodore did or wanted to do. You see, he did this spooky thing called "regulation" and it's very scary and very dangerous. It's so dangerous that it ended monopolies!!!
Now do Israel.
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Shut this comment down
Whether you agree with him or not, What about his 1st amendment rights?
@@Mr._Ramos They're being ironic, chief
Also how about you start showing your sources where you got the information for your claims from instead of deliberately misleading and lying to your audience.
They aren’t misleading or lying. It’s called research. You don’t need dozens of sources to be pinned for you to look something’s up
Prageru : the nazis were socialists, its in the name national socialists
Also prageru : hitler wasnt a nationalist, he was imperialist
Also prageru : the british empire was pretty fkn good actually
The British empire has brought more to the world more than any other nation
Dennis Praeger would have been the Naziest of all Nazis
What they’re saying is nationalism by itself is fine but when you mix it with stuff like fascism communism and socialism it is bad.
@@ash_11117 but nationalism itself is the issue lol.
@@TheSolidMatter it is not
"All nations are internally diverse"
Japan: 98.5% ethnically Japanese lmao
Italy: 92% European
Fatal Oath I’m pretty sure he is referencing the “Nation-State dichotomy” when quoting nationalism. Which both not so subtly share the name “Nationalism” Not the pre-conceived notion of nationalism that you think of with the past century. The nation-state view acknowledges that we should view the world as distinct nations with clear cultural and federal boundaries. This is why is why his definition of nationalism is anti imperialist(this in the belief that all people’s have the right to govern themselves in nations). And why it’s the opposite of globalism is because a globalist view discourages the nation state view. For example: during World War 1, communists and socialists under a Marxist philosophy readily apposed the war seeing it as just the rich mans war, while also acknowledging that the working class was not connected by nation but instead by class. But If nationalism and the nationstate view are so different why would nationalism be used to describe both. Easy, the people who at universities that coined nationalism for the nations state view were also greatly apposed to the idea of it, and through branding it nationalism you have the repulsion to it you have today.
You mean 92% is too high for your standards??
Yeah, but they arose from a mix of people and still have them. "European", for instance, is not a race, and encompasses many different ethnic groups.
There is so much flawed, confused and misleading in this video, it is hard to know where to start.
Thank you PragerU, your superior argument have made me a south american nationalist, I deeply believe my country should nationalize all of it's natural resources.
All countries should do this to be frank. It's especially important with China on the rise.
Yeah, that worked out well for Venezuela 🙄
@@lonestar2078 That's COLLECTIVIZATION. Not Nationalization of resources, it generally refers to the purely domestic extraction of resources for its own profit.
Prayer u: No not like that
2:57 So why does the U.S. keep intervening in other countries?
Trump hasnt started a war in his presidency actually bringing troops back that Obama sent because they are all war starting, money hungry, corrupt politicians (Every president before Trump and after Reagen and more)
@@toasteddice America is still funding militias in the middle east.
@@dad5088 militias are subcontractors not actual citizen soldiers of the US
That's not even what nationalism means. Has this guy heard of google?
It is what true nationalism is, the idea that nationalism is extreme patriotism is a lie meant to turn people away from it. Nationalism means putting your nation first the same way you put your family first.
@@Clumsy-vp3if Nationalism is a political, social, and economic ideology and movement characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.
What a great video,
It almost killed enough of my neurons to have ended my suffering right then and there.
You can't handle the truth? That seems very obvious.
@@cxarhomell5867 I am not in the mood for an online war, I have more than enough of those that will probably hit me pretty soon. But you are wrong, the video sucks.
@@cxarhomell5867bruh this video is untrue
Nationalism isnt valuing every nation, but *your* nation only!
Meaning the entire point is flawed
Orwell wrote in his essay, "Notes On Nationalism" that the word "nationalism" has different meanings depending on who's using it. That's why at the beginning of his essay, he defines his meaning as follows: "By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’. But secondly - and this is much more important - I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests. Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism." - George Orwell (Notes on Nationalism, 1945)
Im happy to see many comments see right through this argument and know their history. The danger of too much nationalism is that it can lead to imperialism (e.g. Persia, Greece, Rome, Ottomans, English, Spanish, French, Germans, Russians, Americans, Japanese to name a few all reached a phase of hardcore nationalism right before they pursued imperialist ambitions). History repeats itself when a nation believes itself to be so perfect and wonderful, blessed by god himself, that spreading this “awesomeness” to a world of barbarians only makes sense as a next step. Ever since WW II with the establishment of the EU, UN, NATO and in the 90s trade globalism, we haven’t had a major world war since. The world will never be perfect but I’m guessing the tempering of fervent nationalism has at least some small part to play in this relatively peaceful time in human history.
I don’t see anything wrong with being proud of your country, or having a strong national defense. I believe people should be proud of their country and separate the country from the president or government. But the less power the government has the better. They should only have 4 jobs: national law. National defense. National legislative authority and national judicial authority.
Anything that can be privatized should be privatized, and what cannot be privatized is the governments job. Free trade is good for economic advancement and nationalization would hinder technological advancement and competition.
If you or any of those comments had watched the video then you would agree with it.
@@aka_056 okay then, since we’re so dumb explain the point of the video
Prageru: "The government is responsible for everything that is bad in this world and we must give power to the free market"
Also Prageru: "You must love your country and your government"
For Pete's sake pick one already!
I got a better one:
Prageru: "Nationalism and keeping withing your borders is great"
Also Prageru(last year): "The British Empire was great for going out and colonizing and taking over and controlling and spreading their views on to other places"
Loving your country and feeling responsibility for other countries are not opposing ideas. Some feel an obligation to do good while others have pride in what they have and chose to help others to positively represent their country.
If the country is for the values of neo liberalism, then there’s nothing wrong with loving it. Takes only around 2 seconds to figure out
I love my country, but not enough to be gullible
Which country is that?
owen alioto probably Germany if I had to guess, they learned quickly how easily nationalism turns into imperialism and facism
This video describes Isolationism and Patriotism, not Nationalism.
The cognitive dissonance that Praguer U has while arguing for nationalism while at the same time continuing to argue for the West to keep interfering in the Middle East and go out of their way to support the State of Israel is simply spectacular.
Haha the Dutch independent? Our prime minister bends his knees to the European union, Probably all for personal ambitions.
That was years before world war 2....
@@skybattler2624 Indeed different times, but we're going from a symbol of independence to dependent.
@MrHanzzie Thierry is de man!
Civic nationalism isn’t really nationalism. It’s a kind of cosmopolitanism that tries to use a commonality of polity (i.e., which legal jurisdiction you inhabit) as a faux basis of a fictional nationalism. Real nationalism is always race-based because in natural terms your race is your nation. Your country and your nation are two different things: A country is a legally defined thing (it’s artificial) whereas your nation is a biologically defined thing (it’s natural). Yes, that’s correct: Even the word nation shares the same root word (nate) with nativity and native and natal, and all of them refer to the birth of children.
Henry VIII was pretty evil. From his wives to the destruction of the monasteries and splitting the goods with his buddies (who sapped royal power until the king became a mere figurehead), to say nothing of the tortures and executions under and ordered by him. Holding him up as an icon of nationalism is definitely problematic.
This isn't dogwhistling, this is bugle-blowing. Holy shit.
Love or hate the EU, you can't just jump from the start of the EU, misrepresent it, and move to the 1990's.
*Look, nationalism is great for technologically advancing a country, and bringing lots of improvements, but nationalism is also great at starting wars (toxic nationalism)*
unfortunately you can't get balanced and nuances arguments anywhere these days. It's a shame people resort to incredibly biased content like PragerU for knowledge.
A Lewis Exactly. This is a channel with a video trying to tell people that fossil fuels are good for the planet and people actually believe this garbage.
Nationalism ≠ patriotism
You should be a patriot, not nationalist
Nationalism vs Patriotism defined from google
Nationalism: identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations
Patriotism: the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country
Be a patriot not a nationalist.
prageru: we should promote nationalism because it secures the country’s own interests and internal affairs without international interference
also prageru: *here is 47 videos on why america was right to leave iraq in ruins*
Of all the PragerU vids I watched, this one couldn’t be more counterproductive. Individualism (which America is founded upon) and nationalism (a form of collectivism) are mutually exclusive.
the founding fathers were nationalists, they wanted a white, anglo saxon protestant country
@@cheekypop no
@@cheekypop unless you were alive in 1776, you have no proof of that charge
@@stank7200 it’s true. A lot of policies they pushed came from nationalism (immigration restriction, protectionism, trying to avoid European alliances)
@@cheekypop bUt GuYs NAtIonAliSm iSn'T rAciSt
Nationalism is about creating a state where the people matter, where there is no anti-nation agenda, no anti-white agenda, and that the white existence in such country is secured. We had those things before, why can't we have them now? National homogeneity is the most crucial thing about creating and maintaining a stable society, the more diverse it gets, the more difficult it becomes to keep it all together in one piece. The worst thing is, that if the invading ethnicity overruns the native one, all of the history, the culture, the language, the society will be destroyed and replaced by the invading culture, invading people, invading ethnicity - which is what I want to avoid at all costs. Is it really too much to ask for? To ask just for survival the survival of one's kind?
I agree . Theres nothing wrong in being proud of your ethnicity and culture. The irony is that people nowadays are talking about being unique, but want to destroy the uniqueness of a region with immigration and multiculturalism
1. No. Nationalism isn't necessarily what you just described. It takes many different shapes and forms. Some "good", others "bad", while other "meh, whatever". It depends on what you define or describe as a "nation" since it is such a relative term that comes from one's own interpretation of the term that you can't just simplify and define it as "desire for a purified ethno-state". Different countries and peoples have different meanings of "nationalism" and "nation". Ever heard of "civic nationalism" just to put a really basic example of it?
2. Define "homogeneity" and "diversity" over here. Because it can mean many, many different things and depending on who you ask the result might vary from entirely unified Europe or a division of it into city states. Are you speaking of homogeneity/diversity of ideals and opinions or homogeneity/diversity of ethnicity? Because in both situations it just does not truly exist like you're implying to. People are sovereign individuals with different minds and ways of thinking even inside their own ethnicities or borders. You think people from the same ethnicity all think and behave the exact same, always practice the exact same culture and would _never_ throw eachother into war? Tell that to the Holy Roman Empire during 1618 to 1648! And even supposedly "homogeneous" countries are actually more ethnically diverse than people give credit for: France with the Bretons, Corsicans, Occitans, Flemish, Alsatians and a portion of Catalans. Italy with the Venetians, Sardinians, Lombardians, Sicilians and a bunch of other minor ones. Spain needs no introduction. And even _Germany_ of all countries have different "germanities" with the Saxons, Bavarians, Bohemians, Pomeranians, etc. All of which either once practiced or still practice different cultures within their regions and only accepted being ruled by the same state once their respective governments have installed the standardization of cultural practices upon them while at the same time they would _never_ accept unifying their current territories into one giant blob even though they are all "white" by modern conceptions. The point is: *Stability isn't defined by ethnicity or race until people are artificially led to believe so!*
3. While I _do_ understand where you're coming from with cultural preservation, as long as no one is being forced to abandon their practices under the force of arms and are assimilating or "dessimilating" (I probably butchered the word, but you get it) under their own personal choice and personal sovereignty under their own individual decisions, then why should it matter? That is the true meaning of freedom. Allowing people to choose their own cultural affiliation free and uniterrupted. This goes for _both_ sides of the coin: Both the immigrants and the native people. Anyone who forces someone else to follow a given culture, be it foreign or native, under the force of arms or any other form of coersion against their property or life, is anti-humane all the same;
*_TL;DR: YOUR ETHNIC ANCESTRY DOESN'T MEAN SQUAT FOR YOUR FINAL CULTURAL AFFILIATION YOU ULTIMATELY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW AND ATTRIBUTING SUCH CHOICE TO ETHNIC OR RACIAL ESSENTIALISM OR EVEN YOUR FAMILY TREE IS THE HALLMARK OF A LOSER._*
*_TL;DR OF THE TL;DR: P R I M O R D I A L I S M W R O N G_*
Natuonalism always regard ethnic minorites as second class citizens and thats a major issue.
Even America had it's own imperialist phase. Have we forgotten about the phenomenon known as Manifest Destiny?
Lorenzo Belen yeah, the only reason the world didn’t make a big deal about it is because of imperialism, and America holding the megaphone rather then the natives, so it sounded good, when we have crap like the trail of tears going on
What’s next? “Why you should be fascist?”
Nationalism and racism has common thing to share:
They both see others under themselves
So be it, i want my nation to keep existing.
There are difference between nationalism and patriotism. But there are many types of nationalism (for example, in Brazil, nationalism is basically patriotism). Still it is important to differentiate nationalism and patriotism
The Protestant bias is strong in this video
@Daekj32 heretic is a heretic, no matter which one
@Daekj32 that's just relativistic nonsense
stanley hoffman ¿Who’s comment?
stanley hoffman I made no mention of Mr. Prager.
I'm not a globalist but at the same time not a nationalist either
It’s a terrible idea to let a single government rule the entire humanity. Because I if such a government went wrong, we won’t know about it, because there aren’t any comparison. Even if we know it went wrong, we won’t be able to resist it, because people across the world are divided by different cultures and history, while the global government have access to all the resources across the world.
Felipe Correia Borges That depends on what kind of nationalism are we talking about. If nationalism refers to ‘our country should have a government which rules over anything’, then it’s definitely bad. If it refers to ‘the interest of people in this country must be protected’, then it’s probably not bad.
Patriotism and nationalism is two different thing prageru but I didn’t expect much from you
nationalism is only a bad thing in America
" Please consider making a tax-deductible donation" I love how this guy asked for a donation not because it goes to a great cause that he so eagerly speaks for, but because "hey, not only will you look good giving us a donation...but it's tax-deductible as well. I win. You win. We all win." That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get money from a rich person. Just say"tax-deductible".
this is the least bad thing about pragur u
@@sprindraconis631 I mean it's also pretty bad as they are asking for donations... even though they are funded by billionaires.
PragerU: "Henry VIII was Europe's first true nationalist!"
Me: "I'm sorry but have you ever heard of Vlad The Impaler?"
@DenmarkI think what your trying to say is I know what your saying is correct but I don't want to accept that I'm wrong about anything and I'm too stupid to provide any kind of counter argument so I'm just going to assume that you are a stereotype of what supporters of the Democratic party are like in hopes that accusing you of being this stereotype, without any kind of evidence other the the fact that you don't agree with me on this one subject, complety destroys your argument no matter how valid it is. And of course I'm not smart enough to realize that this way of arguing only makes me look like a muscle headed idiot that blindly listens to whatever this UA-cam channel tells me no matter how much evidence supports the claim that they are wrong.
"Good borders make good neighbors"
Prager U when the British Empire creates arbitrary borders that cause modern conflict:
This is fine
Most conservatives are against empires in general
@@filldokic4373 Otto Von Bismarck is rolling over in his grave because of that remark
@@theparadigm8149 I know
@@filldokic4373 prageru made a video praising the British empire
@@theparadigm8149 Present-day conservatives are liberals who believe in freedom and democracy (on paper at least, in the real world it doesn't quite work right). Bismarck was the supporter of Monarchy who hated the liberal revolutions of 1848. You mean "Conservatives" in more of a general sense while Fill Dokic is probably focusing on conservatives in the US currently.
It makes us proud to be polish
why are you proud to be polish? what goals did you achieve to make this happen? how much hard work and dedication did you commit toward making your goals reality? if the answer is alot, then hell yeah you should b proud!
or are you just proud of the fact that your mom got too drunk on vacation and got double teamed by two polacks?
jd123
Bitchass
jd123 Well kind sir, I happen to be fully Polish, born in Warsaw, so have my great grandparents and so on, and I am proud do to the history of my country, the fact that I am an active member of the society, and continue to work for the betterment of Poland. Anyone with legitimate reasons should be proud of their nationality.
@@Foolnation the only reason youre so 'proud' of your nationality is because you were born in a developed country and not some third world shithole. you are proud of your luck? nice.
I hear no accomplishments to be proud of, you tried to sneak in 'working for the betterment of poland' but we both know you havnt made any relevant innovations to [olish society.
also being a 'nationalist' and being porud of your nationality are not the same, although they are both dumb.
@@jungos2697 I consider India a third world country because it is an impoverished developing country (this is economics not being a filthy white lol). And most of India's innovations are from back in the day. your over religious oppressive country hasnt done shit to recently contribute to civilization. try taking care of your own poverty.
Patriotism is when you love your country for what It does
Nationalism is when you love your country no matter what it does
Learn to make the difference
No it’s not.
That seems a very simplistic way of Defining it. Granted, America was never nationalist. Just like the nazis, they spread their influence in other countries and exploit the 3rd world countries. However, nationalism could help these countries resist the power from the Imperial core
@@Alex-qe5wn true, that’s the real meaning of nationalism who existed for a long time and was a symbol of resisting imperialism
but then the fascists hjacked the word nationalism and then nationalism was seen bad and evil..
Its interesting howing they used a line from the Mending Wall by Robert Frost. "Good walls (boarders) make good neighbors. When that poem is about two neighbors building a wall for no other reason than tradition. The poem is actually about how dumb and meaningless this all is that same way boarders are ultimately just imaginery lines drawn on maps
The idea of nations, a group of people that speak the same language and come from the same tribe, started to be popular in the 19th&20th century, because of urbanization. People were feeling rooted out and lonely, so they wanted to believe they belonged to some nation. Before then, the only thing that mattered was who ruled in the land you lived. When you moved, ot changed.