contestgamer said:
No, you equate nationalism to borders only. It has to do with a lot more. It has more to do with cultural heritage than borders. That's why Americans don't freak out about European immigrants the way they do about Mexican immigrants. It's not because they care about the arbitrary borders as much as they do about preserving cultural heritage which they equate with European settlers. Now in the case of the US, IMO that's misguided, because the country itself was founded on a multi cultural ideal. However for European/middle eastern/african nations it is reasonable to protect their heritage. |
A lot of it has to do with borders because of the modern-day nation states where the state claims to represent a specific nation. Borders are part of the function of a state.
