Ethnic nationalism

And yeah, within this context of... an Austro-Hungarian empire that's really fading out.

Ethnonationalism is rising.

So yeah, his insecure position leads him to more and more compromising positions, I would say.

And I mean, even in this, it's not set in the theater, but it's still very much about masks and this idea of disguising who you really are.

It should be judged on its substance and what it plans to do.

Ethnonationalism versus civic nationalism.

A major problem with the left's oppressor versus oppressed nations framework is that it usually refuses to distinguish between ethnonationalism and civic nationalism.

For many activists and theorists, what matters is which countries are oppressors and which are oppressed, not the substance of the nationalism itself.

It is infinitely easier to direct your rage at a visible outsider who speaks a different language than it is to understand, let alone dismantle, an invisible, globally distributed system of financialized capital.

Ethnonationalist ideology offers a deeply compelling, albeit cruel, narrative.

The nation is a lifeboat.

It is taking on water.