I agree and disagree. Yes, the enforcement and normalization of multiculturalism is new, although multiculturalism itself is much older than seventy years in this country. The anti-white narrative is not new (would you say that Ghandi and Frederick Douglass’ were ‘pro-white’ narratives? Lol), although it’s codification/amplification by elements of the ruling class is.
You are 100% correct that the ruling class would need to suppress the development of proud, unabashed white identity that bolsters social ties that are not premised on commercial relationships. You are 100% incorrect that they have ever had to.
White people NEVER talked about their own race in a positive way, in the United States or practically any other country. Ever.
Irishmen talked up Irishmen. Scotsmen talked up Scotsmen. Catholics talked up Catholics. Protestants talked up Protestants, who feuded with poles, Spaniards, et cetera. Nationalism has always given the ruling class ample divisions to exploit, even since the time when black people and native americans were recognized as ‘people’ by the state.
Have you ever considered that if the folks you read really cared about preserving white identity/cultural values, they would be agitating for a pan-European ethno-state spanning the British Isles through Russia, completely capable of sustaining itself economically and militarily, and in fact powerful enough to jostle with China and the U.S. for global power? Have you considered that Bezos and Zuck might actually LIKE the fact that Europe is so feeble, disunited, and embroiled in petty internecine squabbles that it has to hit its knees for China and the IMF as 25 different states every time a real estate bubble pops in the U.S. rather than being able to dictate terms itself as a trans-continental juggernaut?
Have you considered that the Right-Wing Populism, Inc. and the Small-state Nationalism, Inc. grifters might be paid by different factions of the same anti-western-culture globo-capitalists you despise?
This is just a primitive understanding of the state of affairs, in my view. The ruling classis not so monolithic, Matt! If you think National Identity always works against the interests of capitalism, then by golly, you’ll be shocked to see financial reporting from all of the weapons contractors who funded W’s campaign. The Koch brothers fight BLM viciously—they’re some type of populist freedom fighters in your eyes, now?
Yes, yes, yes! This is why capitalism is antithetical to White/Western values. We need a strong state, a strong community, i.e. we must cultivate the spirit of individualism/egalitarianism that is the essence of our heritage politics and culture. I’m with you here, Matt.
[/QUOTE] If you believe in yourself, your people, your culture, and everything that matters - you are a nationalist. Even though you can describe neoliberalism, Hag, I don't think you're spiritually or even philosophically against neoliberalism. I think you're a true progressive, and you share the very values which support the neoliberal superstructure - which means you ultimately condone it and are complicit. [/QUOTE]
No, No! What? Are you saying that men like St. Augustine, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, many more of the most heralded contributors to our shared intellectual/cultural legacy as Europeans were nationalists despite having no concept of the term whatsoever and participating in no political activity consistent therewith? What binds us together runs deeper than loyalty to a country, Matt… countries are just political organizations. They can be expanded, collapsed, and reshaped as serves the needs of our people; what we have between us is not so fragile as to mind.
Hopefully I didn’t ramble too much. Tl;dr: Anybody who tells you that you are scoring a victory against global capitalism by decentralizing democratic institutions sees you as a mark.