JoeKyleVol
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Instances like the debacle at UC-Irvine over the display of national flags (including the American flag) highlight the perspectives of social liberals, who believe that we should move towards a more globalized view of culture.
Much of social liberalism views national borders and cultures to be arbitrary, which is why many are in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. To those far-left social liberals, the US border is simply a line, and no one should be refused to come here. In their view, illegal immigration isn't really illegal, thus the PC-attempts to refer to illegal immigrants as "undocumented workers."
This is not only an aspect of American social liberalism, but is likewise indicative of European social liberalism, which is far worse.
In contrast to this globalism is more socially conservative nationalism. Things like immigration matter because they affect the culture of a country and not just its labor force.
Socially liberal globalism seeks to destroy national cultures in favor of an integrated, world-wide culture. That is why some people dare to go as far as to remove the American flag (along with other national flags) at a public university. The concept of nationalism is abhorrent to them, and national flags are symbolic of, well...their own independent nations. This instance is just the start of this kind of behavior, and it will no doubt continue in the future, even if the current backlash was so strong against the actions of UC-Irvine that they had to relent.
But, nationalism is on the rise in European countries again, largely in reaction to immigration. UKIP, Front National, and Alternative for Germany are examples of those political parties making gains from the fact that Europeans are tired of having their societies watered-down by excessive immigration from cultures diametrically-opposed to their own.
Yet, in our own country, Republicans and fiscal conservatives are also to blame for this globalism via their priority of globalized corporations, who have no loyalty to any nation.
Both parties are selling out the American people for their own interests---particularly their grip of power.
What is the fate of American nationalism in the face of growing globalism? States like those in the South, for all their faults in other respects, nevertheless are the last bastions of strong American nationalism from a cultural standpoint. Such is why I think the perpetual Union of the States will not endure the century---the people here will no longer tolerate those who sell-out our country and culture for their own political gain.
Much of social liberalism views national borders and cultures to be arbitrary, which is why many are in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. To those far-left social liberals, the US border is simply a line, and no one should be refused to come here. In their view, illegal immigration isn't really illegal, thus the PC-attempts to refer to illegal immigrants as "undocumented workers."
This is not only an aspect of American social liberalism, but is likewise indicative of European social liberalism, which is far worse.
In contrast to this globalism is more socially conservative nationalism. Things like immigration matter because they affect the culture of a country and not just its labor force.
Socially liberal globalism seeks to destroy national cultures in favor of an integrated, world-wide culture. That is why some people dare to go as far as to remove the American flag (along with other national flags) at a public university. The concept of nationalism is abhorrent to them, and national flags are symbolic of, well...their own independent nations. This instance is just the start of this kind of behavior, and it will no doubt continue in the future, even if the current backlash was so strong against the actions of UC-Irvine that they had to relent.
But, nationalism is on the rise in European countries again, largely in reaction to immigration. UKIP, Front National, and Alternative for Germany are examples of those political parties making gains from the fact that Europeans are tired of having their societies watered-down by excessive immigration from cultures diametrically-opposed to their own.
Yet, in our own country, Republicans and fiscal conservatives are also to blame for this globalism via their priority of globalized corporations, who have no loyalty to any nation.
Both parties are selling out the American people for their own interests---particularly their grip of power.
What is the fate of American nationalism in the face of growing globalism? States like those in the South, for all their faults in other respects, nevertheless are the last bastions of strong American nationalism from a cultural standpoint. Such is why I think the perpetual Union of the States will not endure the century---the people here will no longer tolerate those who sell-out our country and culture for their own political gain.
