What Do We Do About Ethnic Nationalism

Barack Obama and the people at his church are Ethnic Nationalists. So are the political parties who go by the name of the Vlaams Belang, the British National Party, etc. The foundation of Ethnic Nationalism is racism, and the end of it is fascism.

I hate Ethnic Nationalism with every fiber of my being. I do not hate those who join Ethnic Nationalist parties or churches, but I don't like them very much. I certainly do not think Ethnic Nationalists ought to attain political power. I think their agenda is counter to what we call Democratic Republicanism.

Big fucking deal, right? The question is what do we do about the problem of Ethnic Nationalism? Commenter Cagney, from Little Green Footballs offers this:


One thing that seems to be emerging that there is an issue of identity with folk in Europe and in my home country of the UK. It is a question of how we deal with our imperialist past and the ethnic minorities in our country that emigrated here from former colonies.

The biggest destabilising thing in our transition from a white-only to multi-ethnic society is muslim extremism and integrating muslims into our society. The only solution being offered is multi-culturalism, any alternatives get muzzled by our politically correct and increasingly left-wing biased MSM.

Without the debate of any real alternatives, the far-right has jumped on the anti-jiahdi bandwagon offering white nationalism as a way of dealing with it. With the increasing stranglehold of left-wing bias and political alternatives in the media, there is a chance that more and more people will turn to this white nationalism as the only way of dealing with the issue.

Melaine Phlilips in her article, Liberalism v Islamism, suggested an alternative, pluralism in which:

allows for many different groupings but, unlike multiculturalism, does not try
to impose one uniform status on all of them. It allows a thousand flowers to
bloom, with minorities forming communities of faith, ethnicity or culture within
a society — but under the overarching umbrella of a national identity to whose
core values everyone signs up. It is only by having that overarching set of
common values — monogamy, freedom of conscience, equal rights for women, freedom
of expression —that a society coheres as a common project. And a liberal society
is no exception. If a liberal society doesn’t accept a hierarchy of values, that
there are core principles which are non-negotiable and to which everyone must
sign up, then by definition it can no longer remain a liberal society but must
fragment into a kind of Balkanised tribalism in which the strongest groups win
through intimidation or force.

The ideal solution would be to build a common identity between the majority white and ethnic races. This can be done through nationalism but could it be done through shared cultural identity?

This sounds like pie in the sky niavety stuff and at the moment it is but if it could be forged then it could stop the balkanisation of our country.

The thing I have noticed looking at our cultural mediums, TV, music, films is that we all love American culture. We love Hollywood, American shows are all over our TV schedules and American RnB and Rap dominate the music scene.

The music scene and the subculture is interesting as it is not specific to race as British white, asian and black kids are into it. It is a basis for a common identity that I speak of.

If the ties of the Anglosphere could be strengthened especially with America which is founded on multi-ethnicity it may be a way forward.

Unfortunately I can't see this happening as our political elite, no matter if it is to the left, centre or right sees our future in Europe.


Well, that's one idea. I think much of popular culture is far too shallow a thing upon which to build a strong national identity, but I do believe that for many it is part of our group identity.

In American, our cultural identity is not all founded upon popular culture. It is founded upon the ideas of our Constitution and the Declaration of Indpendence. It is founded upon the blood that was shed during the Civil War. It is founded upon the words of Abraham Lincoln, and it is founded upon the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Certainly, Europe can not instantly import our ideas and live by them. However, Europe has enough going for it that it can form a real identity which is not based upon Ethnicity. Europe, however, does not at this time have the courage of its convictions. Europeans would like to have a society based upon a shared notion of Human Rights. Europeans can even agree on what those rights are. But, Europe is entirely unwilling to demand such a society of their governments.

We took up arms against our morally illegitimate governments on numerous occasions. We fought against King George in our revolution. We fought a Civil War. And we fought for Civil Rights. These were very real rebellions against fascist forces.

Europeans, very likely, are going to have to fight against the fascist forces within their own governments who are attempting to take them into a New Dark Age.

Be ready, my European friends, you are probably going to have to fight. I just hope you do not choose who you will fight by the color of their skin, but instead, by the content of their character.