What do you think of nationalism?

Nationalism can bring strong cohesion and dedication, but it can also lead to chauvinism and xenophobia.

Personally, I believe that nationalism is more like a stimulant, which can enable a country or nation with scarce resources and weak strength to gain a strong spiritual pillar in a short period of time, strengthen its ability to withstand difficulties and injuries, and in exchange for Key resources may hold the line. But in essence, it is difficult for nationalism to create benefits. Because throughout human history, the advancement of science, technology, culture and economic development are fundamentally based on mutual exchanges. Therefore, the level of civilization development of the people in Eurasia is much better than that of the aborigines of the Americas and Australia. Whether you admit it or not, trade, marriage, and even war are the driving forces behind the development of human society and the growth of wealth, technology, and culture. The collision of differences creates a distinction between advantages and disadvantages, allowing each other to learn from each other's strengths and achieve growth in the process of mutual communication. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inherently opposed to difference. The Chinese civilization is the best example. As it continued to fight for survival and expansion, China absorbed a large amount of advanced technology and culture from all parties and grew rapidly. After establishing a stable and lack of change empire, it began to sluggish because I don't know if there is any better model. At the same time, Europe was in a stage of fierce competition with new ideas and new technologies and was growing rapidly. But now, the ideological pattern with democratic parliamentary system as the main body has been established, and the European Union has been established. Do you think there are any major development innovations in Europe? The United States, by absorbing a large number of immigrants, has kept its society in a state of continuous integration of foreign culture and technology, so its creativity is far better than that of Europe. Compared with white America a few decades ago, the influence of blacks, Asians, and Latinos on American society is obvious now.

Taken together, nationalism is a powerful countervailing force, especially for the weak. It is an important weapon that enables them to gain an advantage over the strong. Especially the smaller the country, the simpler its composition. The fewer resources available, the more applicable it is. However, as the survival of a country or nation is no longer the main issue and it continues to absorb abundant resources, continuing to maintain nationalism will often restrict exchanges and communication, resulting in blocked exchanges of wealth, culture, and technology, which is not conducive to accelerating the development of power. . The Manchu Empire was ultimately destroyed due to insufficient intake of wealth, culture and technology due to wrong national chauvinism under conditions of material abundance. And the aftershocks of that result are still felt even today.