Anyone is entitled to embrace any ideology, so long as they do not inflict harm on anyone else if they do not share it.
e.g. its 60 years today that India is a republic and people are singing Vande Mataram with pride. And thats alright even though there are lots of things still wrong with the country.
Nationalism is taking pride in and defending the nation of your birth. That nation is most likely the home to everyone you care about and the ideals you hold dear. I'd expect those from other nations to also take pride in and look out for the interests of their own nation as well. It's human nature.So I'll reiterate: if the ideology in question is defined by privileging an in-group at the expense of an out-group (which all nationalist ideologies are), then in what sense can one "embrace" such an ideology without inflicting harm on others? Only a vacuous one, I'd suggest.
Nationalism is taking pride in and defending the nation of your birth.
I'd expect those from other nations to also take pride in and look out for the interests of their own nation as well. It's human nature.
That was explicitly not what I asked you.
So I'll reiterate: if the ideology in question is defined by privileging an in-group at the expense of an out-group (which all nationalist ideologies are), then in what sense can one "embrace" such an ideology without inflicting harm on others? Only a vacuous one, I'd suggest.
Including, apparently, the harm inflicted on those who do not share the ideology of Indian nationalism over those decades (Kashmiris, for one example, Pakistanis for another). This does not square with your earlier assertion.
Perhaps you wish to amend your qualifier to something like "as long as the benefits to the in-group justify the damage done to the out-group."
Because that's ultimately what sustains ideologies like nationalism. The canard that some nationalisms are "harmless" is just that: a facile lie to avoid taking responsibility for one's politics.
Madanthonywayne said:
Nationalism is taking pride in and defending the nation of your birth.