Sorry to get on my soapbox but I dislike the term nationalism and I always will. I'm weary of anything that ends in an "ism" in general. I love the idea of America but let us not be blindly patriotic because if Joe Biden wins and the left gets their way America isn't going to be a capitalist country with individual liberty anymore. We must not lose sight of the fact that we're fighting for the continued existence of the core principles of America, and that that is such a larger concept than just defending the dirt where we happen to live.
I understand why it seems appealing to embrace a nationalist ideology but I disagree with Trump on the usefulness of this one. We don't need to embrace nationalism to win this and I think by doing so we actually are making the same mistake that will destroy the left in the end. The internal consistency of the philosophical message is the part of the libertarian platform that I think Republicans could most benefit from personally because it will provide longevity beyond Trump's second term. Trump has all the charisma in the world to win the election, but if we want to keep it going in 2024 we're going to need to reinforce the pillars of the platform of popular opinion that is being built under him.
What we need to do is reaffirm what makes America great and double-down on that using the very same rebranding technique the left uses to change capitalism and individualism into different words to describe the same thing. Capitalism was originally a derogatory term anyway so we don't really need it we can just use commerce or investment or property. Individualism is an ideology that operates like an anti-ideology in that it is pretty much impossible to organize around but that concept is too complicated for most people so we'll just call it individualism liberty instead. Let's move Republicans away from nationalist ideology and toward the philosophy of freedom for all individuals equally and without exception.
Individual liberty, property = the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is a good summary of "nationalism," and it should be stated that the rest of it is also in our founding documents.
The crisis is about ending the US as a sovereign Nation. Not merely maintaining its current borders and changing the system within it, which the Constitution does allow for.
Sorry to get on my soapbox but I dislike the term nationalism and I always will. I'm weary of anything that ends in an "ism" in general. I love the idea of America but let us not be blindly patriotic because if Joe Biden wins and the left gets their way America isn't going to be a capitalist country with individual liberty anymore. We must not lose sight of the fact that we're fighting for the continued existence of the core principles of America, and that that is such a larger concept than just defending the dirt where we happen to live.
I understand why it seems appealing to embrace a nationalist ideology but I disagree with Trump on the usefulness of this one. We don't need to embrace nationalism to win this and I think by doing so we actually are making the same mistake that will destroy the left in the end. The internal consistency of the philosophical message is the part of the libertarian platform that I think Republicans could most benefit from personally because it will provide longevity beyond Trump's second term. Trump has all the charisma in the world to win the election, but if we want to keep it going in 2024 we're going to need to reinforce the pillars of the platform of popular opinion that is being built under him.
What we need to do is reaffirm what makes America great and double-down on that using the very same rebranding technique the left uses to change capitalism and individualism into different words to describe the same thing. Capitalism was originally a derogatory term anyway so we don't really need it we can just use commerce or investment or property. Individualism is an ideology that operates like an anti-ideology in that it is pretty much impossible to organize around but that concept is too complicated for most people so we'll just call it individualism liberty instead. Let's move Republicans away from nationalist ideology and toward the philosophy of freedom for all individuals equally and without exception.
Otherwise, it's a good chart and I upvoted it.
Some great points worth discussing!
Individual liberty, property = the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is a good summary of "nationalism," and it should be stated that the rest of it is also in our founding documents.
The crisis is about ending the US as a sovereign Nation. Not merely maintaining its current borders and changing the system within it, which the Constitution does allow for.