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Macron's Attack on "Nationalism"

French President Emmanuel Macron's attack on "nationalism" is as telling as it is disingenuous.

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Nov 13, 2018
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Another time: French and American forces accept the British Empire’s surrender at Yorktown, establishing the American nation.

by Rod D. Martin
November 13, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron's attack on "nationalism" is as telling as it is disingenuous.

Contrary to Macron, Nationalism is the belief that America shouldn't be ruled from London, that Poland shouldn't be ruled from Berlin, that Algeria shouldn't be ruled from Paris, that China shouldn't be ruled from Tokyo, that Ukraine (or the entire world) shouldn't be ruled from Moscow. Nationalism equals independence.

Macron is opposed to independence. Macron believes in "globalism", which is increasingly demonstrated to be another name for an older ideology: imperialism. Imperialism/globalism is the belief that countries should be subordinated to an unelected elite in a distant foreign capital. It was the dominant view of all of Europe from before Roman times until long after the United States rescued the French Empire from the most re…

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