8/12/2019 For Our Mutual Consideration - Why Cultural
Nationalism is Self-Defeating
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Nationalism is Self-Defeating
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We seem to have lost touch with what it means to build,
preserve, andstructurally safeguard a self-sustaining international
system; we will never win unlesswe all win simultaneously and the
sooner we realize that the better. Throughout eons ofhistory there
hasn t been a single international system that has managed to
uniformlybring us together, but maybe the destiny of our species
depends on the aversion of thatultimate ideal? People will
naturally champion their identities, but that should remind usof
our commonalities that make us irrevocably human. There is no such
thing as auniversal identity that sustains the livelihoods of
individuals, but there is such a thing ashomogenous harmony;
identities of universalism threaten us with an authoritativesystem
while homogenous harmony allows diverse groups of people to come
togetherfor the purpose of bringing out the best in each other.
That is how we can build an international system that is truly
expressive of thehuman condition. An atrocity is an atrocity no
matter where it occurs and the plights ofthe victimized deserve a
platform where their voices are fully heeded. The world willnever
transform itself into a paradise that thrives off absolute
perfection becausehumankind isnt built for that. Our imperfect ion
is noticed whenever we flaunt ourexclusivity from each other
arbitrarily assuming that some kind of virtue rests in anundefined
horizon. Acknowledging that fault will bring us closer to
homogenousharmony one increment at a time.
