[ExI] very informative

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat


>...Nationalism is strange here because it’s probably one of the most deadliest ideas in history. It’s been used to justify ethnic cleansing, wars of unification, and mass killings from the 19th century onwards. (I don’t mean you here. I’m not saying you’re guilty of being a nationalist.)  

This conflates nationalism with these other things.  If nationalism is not used for these other things, but rather only to determine who gets social security and medicare, then fair game.  I don't see the parallel between that and ethnic cleansing etc. 

spike