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Why English Nationalism is Different from Nationalism Everywhere Else
The word nationalism in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has strong negative connotations.
The reasons for this are the two world wars of the early and mid-20th century, which saw the deaths of around a hundred million people within both conflicts.
Also, during Nazi Germany’s rule of Germany, it was nationalism which contributed to the Nazi government killing 6 million Jews in the Holocaust in concentration camps like Auschwitz and another 3 million people who were disabled, unemployed or people from the LGBT community.
After experiencing the horrors of two world wars, the First World War I in 1914 to 1919 and the Second World War from 1939 to 1945, it is understandable that due to the evils of German nationalism, nationalism will be seen as a negative throughout the world, particularly the Western world.
German Nationalism in the Face of Adversaries
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the big pumping question was how to deal with Germany.
German nationalism and German fascism were born out of the geopolitical positioning of Germany, and fascism in that particular specialism for that state was developed to deal with the surrounding hostile neighbours.
