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posted ago by DJT_JR6544 ago by DJT_JR6544 +13 / -0

It is a question of good leadership. I am more for trusting leadership from our President than this "trust the plan" fakery. True leadership is clear, and not ambiguous. It is decisive.

Conservatism has failed. Nationalism is superior in every way. It takes decisive action for the benefit of the people. It does not simply try to preserve what is good. It blazes a trail for what must be done to make things good. It does not forget the past, but it also does not hinge itself upon it in order to succeed.

I love history. I love many principles of conservatism. But I now see the flaws. Conservatism does not open up anything new for people that are suffering. Nationalism does because it is action oriented. Conservatism is reactionary, and because of this will always cede territory to its enemies.

MAGA is the political answer. Jesus Christ is the root of it, "love thy neighbor as thyself." If you love your neighbor, you will do what is right for him. Nationalism is the spirit of doing just that.

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SteelMongoose 1 point ago +1 / -0

Conservatism is, by its nature, relative. The Founding Fathers were revolutionary when advancing the Constitution, but Americans defending it since its implementation have been conservative. With the Constitution being abandoned for authoritarian rule, those who support the Constitution are once again revolutionaries.

We throw a lot of terms around in politics, and many of them aren't even part of compatible political models. The one political continuum that matters has individual liberty at one end and centralized control at the other. Nationalism is useful for rejecting global tyranny, but the degree to which it promotes individual liberty is dependent on the national culture.

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DJT_JR6544 [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

I really like this answer. Excellent assessment! Working out everything to an ideological exactness does not account for human nature, but individualism does. So a modified nationalistic individualistic ideology seems like a really nice combination.

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SteelMongoose 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think nationalism is a necessary starting point, since globalism will inevitably degenerate into an authoritarian nightmare, and there will be nowhere to run. Nationalism has its own hazards, of course (as demonstrated by Hitler's Germany), but there are checks to that, like other nations.

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DJT_JR6544 [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

I would argue the checks of other nations certainly checked Hitler. His ideology was basically wiped out.

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DJT_JR6544 [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

No doubt Hitler's national socialism had some major problems. He made it illegal to have any other political party. The racial hatred was awful. Breeding hatred I think was the downfall of Germany.

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SteelMongoose 2 points ago +2 / -0

The problem, though, was the socialism, not the nationalism. Nationalists are united across the world now. They respect each other's cultures while fighting the global überstate.