Dude rampant nationalism being a “red flag” has been a thing at least as long as I’ve been paying attention…that goes back to high school and the Bush 43, post-9/11 era.
I remember being in an elective…a social studies elective…that was mostly made up of like Honors-level kids…other try-hards such as myself. The class solely focused on pre-WW2 Germany through to the end of the Holocaust. This was October 2001, my Junior year of HS (year 11 of 12), and the USA PATRIOT act was the big news topic. The teacher was the kind that could easily be distracted into somewhat deep conversations about politics/current events, for being a bunch of teenagers, and the class got to discussing the act.
Back then, I was amazed that myself and the teacher were practically the only ones against it. The entire rest of the class thought it was a great idea and not at all an overreach.
Today, though? I’m not surprised by much.
This was a purplish town (by 2001 standards) in blue-as-fuck RI.
ETA. This was a month into a semester-long curriculum. I distinctly remember we had just covered the Reichstag Fire as we drew parallels to 9/11.
Yeah it’s always been like this in most every country I think.
When someone says “I believe in family values” the implication is that they believe families should conform to their narrow definition, mum and dad and 2 kids and no one speaking unless spoken to.
Nationalism is the same. Everyone has a strong connection to their own country. People that are fixated on nationalism have narrow ideas about what their country ought to be.
Dude rampant nationalism being a “red flag” has been a thing at least as long as I’ve been paying attention…that goes back to high school and the Bush 43, post-9/11 era.
I remember being in an elective…a social studies elective…that was mostly made up of like Honors-level kids…other try-hards such as myself. The class solely focused on pre-WW2 Germany through to the end of the Holocaust. This was October 2001, my Junior year of HS (year 11 of 12), and the USA PATRIOT act was the big news topic. The teacher was the kind that could easily be distracted into somewhat deep conversations about politics/current events, for being a bunch of teenagers, and the class got to discussing the act.
Back then, I was amazed that myself and the teacher were practically the only ones against it. The entire rest of the class thought it was a great idea and not at all an overreach.
Today, though? I’m not surprised by much.
This was a purplish town (by 2001 standards) in blue-as-fuck RI.
ETA. This was a month into a semester-long curriculum. I distinctly remember we had just covered the Reichstag Fire as we drew parallels to 9/11.
Yeah it’s always been like this in most every country I think.
When someone says “I believe in family values” the implication is that they believe families should conform to their narrow definition, mum and dad and 2 kids and no one speaking unless spoken to.
Nationalism is the same. Everyone has a strong connection to their own country. People that are fixated on nationalism have narrow ideas about what their country ought to be.