What is it that comes when nationalism goes?

Indonesia
April 6, 2009 6:44am CST
How does nationalism go?only by our understanding , it's full implication, by examining it, by being aware of it's significance in outward and inward action. outwardly it brings about division between people, clasification, wars and destructions, which is obvious to anyone who observant. Inwardly, psicologically, this identification with the greater, with the country, with an idea, is obviously a form of self expansion. Living in a little village or a big town or whatever it may be, I am nobody, but identify myself with hte larger, with the country, it flatters my fanity, it gives me gratifications, prestige, a sense of well being, and the identification with the larger which is a phsicological with necessity for thoose who felt that self expansion is essentials, also creates conflict, strife, between people. Thoose nationalism not only create outward conflict but inward frustrations, when one understand nationalism, the whole process of nationalism it falls away. The understanding of nationalism come through intelligence, by carefully observing, by probling into the whole process of nationalism, patriotism. ou of that examinatins, comes intelligence then there is no subtitutions of something else from nationalism. Nationalism with it's poison, with it's misery and world strife, can dissappear where there is only intelligence, and intelligence does not come merely, by passing examinations and studying, books. intelligence come into being when we understand problem as they arise. When there is understanding of the problem at it's different level, not only of the outward part, but also inward, phisicological implications, then in that process, intelligence comes into being. So when there is no intelligence there is no subtitution, and when there is intelligence then nationalism, patriotism, which is a form of stupidity, disappear.
2 responses
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
6 Apr 09
Why do you automatically assume that since I love my country I hate myself, or anyone else? I don't lose who I am because I am proud to be an American any more than you gain who you are by not loving whatever country you live in. I can also love my country without hating yours, or expecting you to love mine. Why do you think there would be no wars or contentions without nationalism? Does the government of Darfur treat the people they way they do because they are a different nationality? No! The fact is, a "one world government" would be the absolute most corruptible, inhuman form of government. The futher you separate the power from the individual, the more susceptible to corruption the government is. What you are advocating here is nothing less than slavery.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
7 Apr 09
Nice recap of your OP, but could you respond to what I wrote?
• Indonesia
7 Apr 09
What's the point of being proud in the name of your country? what is the cause of the war is because people can't leave their greed, land is land, earth is earth, God create this land is for free, to live together, what's the right of people to stake the land? it's india, it's indonesia, or it's america. And what has the goverment do is asking for tax to the land that you live in. the fact is there are a lot of goverment with their authority rule over you, seperate you by identification i'm an american, i'm an indian, i'm an black african, than there is proud or show off that i'm greater than, my country is greater than, and all the greed, million years alot of war happen because arrogate the land. what is call the slave?you beat down to pay the tax? your life rule by your goverment? following some ideal, some tradition? so what's call free? you follow the other people whom you think he more know than you, he is greater than me. The revolution is come from ourself, not by anyone else.
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
6 Apr 09
so, let me guess, your all up in to the whole new, feel-goody globalism?
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
6 Apr 09
tell you what, if you want to surrender the soviergnty of your country, than go for it. I'll keep mine.
• Indonesia
7 Apr 09
that's what the country has done for you, your greed shown by stake the land that absolutly created by God for free, and you prize it. And then you don't care what happen to the part of the earth?