from the EJ Dionne WAPO OpEd linked below:
"As George Orwell wrote, patriotism stems from 'devotion to a particular place and to a particular way of life.” Nationalism, by contrast, “is inseparable from the desire for power.'" [Emphasis added]
And to put a flourish on this point, Dionne also quotes Mona Charen, from the National Review:
"Earlier this year, in an exchange published in the conservative magazine National Review on the relative merits of patriotism and nationalism, Mona Charen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center had it exactly right when she argued: 'Patriotism is enough — it needs no improving or expanding.' She called nationalism 'a demagogue’s patriotism' more likely to be converted 'into something aggressive.'"
Worth keeping in mind . . .
. . . the rest of Dionne's piece is OK too . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-dont-call-it-nationalists-day/2017/04/16/2baa4a72-2145-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a:homepage/story&utm_term=.e49e075bebb7
"As George Orwell wrote, patriotism stems from 'devotion to a particular place and to a particular way of life.” Nationalism, by contrast, “is inseparable from the desire for power.'" [Emphasis added]
And to put a flourish on this point, Dionne also quotes Mona Charen, from the National Review:
"Earlier this year, in an exchange published in the conservative magazine National Review on the relative merits of patriotism and nationalism, Mona Charen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center had it exactly right when she argued: 'Patriotism is enough — it needs no improving or expanding.' She called nationalism 'a demagogue’s patriotism' more likely to be converted 'into something aggressive.'"
Worth keeping in mind . . .
. . . the rest of Dionne's piece is OK too . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-dont-call-it-nationalists-day/2017/04/16/2baa4a72-2145-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a:homepage/story&utm_term=.e49e075bebb7
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