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Sunday 16 April 2006

Nationalism

"The maintenance of the military state is the last means of all of acquring or maintaining the great tradition with regard to the supreme type of man, the strong type. And all concepts that perpetuate enmity and difference in rank between states - e.g., Nationalism, protective tariffs - may appear sanctioned in this light".
[Nietzsche, WzM 729]

This must be dwelt on - the 'supreme/strong type of man' can only come about on the basis of a great tradition. When that tradition is endangered (as it is today), then a Military State must be set up. That state must be Nationalistic, Autarkic and aggressive. It must work to establish Order of Rank.

What is the basis of this Nationalism?
Paul treanor, author of National Planet, puts it in a nut-shell;
1) NATIONS TOGETHER INCLUDE ALL HUMANS.
This means that there is no human who does not belong to a nation (or that those outside of nation-hood are sub-human).
2) NO ONE CAN VALIDLY CLAIM NOT TO BELONG TO A NATION.
3) NATIONS ARE THE NATURAL UNITS OF HUMANITY
4) EVERYONE NATURALLY BELONGS TO A NATION
Not only by choice .

5) NATIONS EXIST, THEREFORE THEY SHOULD
This means that;
a) Nations have a great historical continuity and should be continued (see Nietzsche's quote above to discover why the 'should').
b) Because nations have shaped the lives of those who now live in them, they should continue to exist.
c) Migration may be restricted to preserve a pattern of location/residence in nations.
d) National cultures have value, therefore nations must exist to produce and preserve them (again, this is Nietzsche's basic position).

6) NATIONS / PEOPLES HAVE A MONOPOLY OF STATE FORMATION.
This means that;
a) No entity which is not a nation/a people may hold territory to form a state.
b) No non-national entity may gain territory, for instance, by discovery.
7) NO [HABITABLE] TERRITORY MAY BE HELD BY STATES OTHER THAN NATION STATES.
8) NATIONS ARE SACRED
This means that;
a) Nations have a status no other group or collectivity can have.
b) Nations deserve supreme respect, beyond that for other groups.

7) ANTIQUITY CONFERS SPECIAL STATUS

8) NATIONS MAY NOT BE ENDED, SINGLY, OR COLLECTIVELY.
This means that;
a) No process which ends nations is legitimate.
b) A world-order of nation staes may not be terminated.
c) Nations may not be eroded without an equivalent successor.

All this and more is the basis of our 'National Bigotry'!

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