Amazingly, given the level of partisan animosity in this country, both sides see the problem much the same way: The country is disordered by selfishness, alienation, variously defined bigotries, inequality, and a lack of social solidarity.
Even more bizarre, both the Right and the Left have very similar solutions in mind.
A growing number of intellectuals see nationalism as the cure for what ails us.
Nationalism is an obscenity to the Left, and socialism is anathema for the Right, but a nationalizing or centralizing spirit suffuses both sides.
What we need are communities, and the idea of national community is a myth.
The nationalization of culture drives centralized government, and centralized government saps communities of mutual dependence.
The nationalizing movements aim to fill the void left by the decline or disappearance not just of industrial jobs, but of the healthy communities that grew up around the factories.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/american-illness-politics-wont-cure-it/
Even more bizarre, both the Right and the Left have very similar solutions in mind.
A growing number of intellectuals see nationalism as the cure for what ails us.
Nationalism is an obscenity to the Left, and socialism is anathema for the Right, but a nationalizing or centralizing spirit suffuses both sides.
What we need are communities, and the idea of national community is a myth.
The nationalization of culture drives centralized government, and centralized government saps communities of mutual dependence.
The nationalizing movements aim to fill the void left by the decline or disappearance not just of industrial jobs, but of the healthy communities that grew up around the factories.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/american-illness-politics-wont-cure-it/
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