How can we celebrate positive aspects of our nation without the use of language that has been hijacked by racist parties in the past
Terms such as Nationalist have been mired by european parties like the National Front. Is there better language that allows us to find a consensus with people who wish to celebrate their nations successes. Are we really that far part or are these issues of division partly caused by the use of language that means different things to different people?
Pirate VikMon 5 Jul 2021 3:20PM
@Pirate Praveen is varna really means profession, then does it have anything much to do with our position on the caste? We have adopted a position there which was achieved through consensus but here in this thread I am looking to see how we find middle ground with other people and it seems that language is often being used as a tool of division by focusing on the difference amongst people. One caveat, I do not know the 100% correct translation of varna so apologies for that!
Pirate VikMon 5 Jul 2021 3:30PM
National pride is related to feelings of patriotism and nationalism. Patriotism is love of one’s country or dedicated allegiance to same, while nationalism is a strong national devotion that places one’s own country above all others. National pride co-exists with patriotism and is a prerequisite of nationalism, but nationalism extends beyond national pride, and feeling national pride is not equivalent to being nationalistic (Smith & Jarkko, 1998)
Pirate Vik ·Sat 3 Jul 2021 3:08PM
One suggestion from the matrix room was around the use of the word "dharma" as an alternative to nationalism