Arash Azizi
@arashtehran
Nationalism is the idea that when an ethno-national group lives in a certain area, it could form a government in its name. It does NOT necessarily mean that other people living there should be kicked out or disfranchised. In fact, the actually-existing forms of liberal and civic nationalisms made sure to be attentive to this 'problem of minorities' and afford them equal citizenship rights. For better or worse, our world today has been based on this idea and we all live in nation-states. To wish this wasn't the case, it's just like wishing we lived in a world without states, borders, money, jealousy, etc -- a utopian wish, not a political program.
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Arash Azizi
@arashtehran
If one does want a more equal world, the political program we COULD have looks something like this for 1) equal citizenship rights for all peoples in all states; 2) global justice (like NIEO) that would work against the Western neo-colonial dominance; 3) confederal forms that bring people together like the EU; 4) principles of good neighborliness between states and peoples
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Garance
@garance
I think the reflection around network nations and network societies do offer powerful alternatives to the dominance of nation states model. And we are already experiencing their premises.
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rileybeans
@rileybeans
and yet you'll find people here on this app who are so in love with nation states :-/
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vali
@vali-caster
It’s like imagining a world without gravity, cool to ponder, but we’re still stuck to the ground!
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