A Perspective on “Nationalism”

[ArMaP]

I have more, but I think, politics aside, nationalism is often misunderstood.

As is "globalism".

The problem, like in many other situations, is a question of definition, and, as usual, the definitions for such things are relatively vague and change according to the particular topic being talked about.

For example, to me, being a Portuguese old enough to have known the fascist regime that was ended with the Carnation Revolution of 1974, "nationalism" reminds me of that regime, as one of its slogans was "proudly alone", as result of the dictator's view of the world and his thoughts about "bad influences" that could come from everywhere and resulted in, for example, Coca Cola being forbidden, as it was seen as related to US' "modern society".