“Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.” ― Albert Einstein The concept and practice of nationalism will likely run its course in a few hundred years, as the world objectively becomes more of the “global village” envisioned in the late 1960’s by the technology intellectual Marshal McLuhan. Although national pride can be a powerful galvanizing force, the associated impediments to information, wealth and cultural sharing are difficult to rationalize, and the lessons of Nuremberg and the Balkans illustrate the carnage associated with its illogical extremes.
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