and this is so orwellian because leaving tribe out of it, nationalism is the anecdote to tribalism. we are all in different tribes. ignore our tribes, come together around the country, right? mike: and that s actually how functioning states get by. your principal identity is that you are an american in the eye america or you are a swede in sweden or you are a to the lewin into the loop. people look for other identities and it doesn t matter that racial identities or religious identical s he is a like islam, or identity is , you ve tribe as the population and a person s sub identity becomes more important to them than the national identity. and that is an extremely dangerous experiment. because actually, nationalism is
this is so orwellian because leaving trump out of it, nationalism is the antidote to tribalism. we are i all in different tribe. ignore our tribes, come together around the country, right? and that s actually how functioning states get by. your principal identity is thatt you are an american in america or you are a swede in sweden or you are a tuvaluan in tuvalu. if you begin nationalism, people look for other identities. and it doesn t matter that racial identities or religious identities, like islam, or sexual identities, you have, as he said, tribe allies to the population and peoples of subnational identity becomes more important toti them than te national identity. and that is an extremely dangerous experiment. because actually, nationalism is the first duty of a government