Economic nationalism: Why we should be very afraid

[@todmann67]

Option 4: you’re wrong and unfettered free trade isn’t best for us and the world we were trending into would have been garbage. But you are correct about regaining national identity.

[@truetrades7056]

Free market or nothing

[@theendofel]

Japan and Germany post WW2. Arguably the best economies and now China. All heavily economic nationalist and manufacturing based. Neo loberal globalisation has been a disaster for the working class and soon middle class now in UK and US

[@gytan2221]

I believe in laissez-faire free market capitalism... I oppose most government regulations.

[@gytan2221]

Lol and look at what type of countries they are/were! They were/are all authoritarian countries... they were fascist and socialists.

[@modernmyth9050]

@@gytan2221 In other words, "I just want bankers to be able to make money regardless of the consequences for everyone else."

[@kariminalo979]

@@gytan2221 Yeah keep saying that until the hedge funds collapse. Free trade up my fucking ass, a complete zog psyop. No country can survive without a strong middle class, a strong middle class requires a strong national manufacturing base comprised of small businesses.

[@kariminalo979]

@@gytan2221 Fascism is based.

[@adrianshark4847]

Nationalism is extremely useful now, why should we pay others to become better

[@hotseatsports7897]

Economic nationalism doesn't mean protectionism like North Korea. It should be considered economic rationalism instead of economic nationalism. I understand your guests concerns about economic nationalism but they are routed in the idea of complete nationalism. The false take on this new movement can be explained by a most likely low estimate of $156 billion expenditures of defense and military protection in countries. Countries in NATO pay 34% of the cost of US military presence as for Japan pays 75% of the cost. Although countries like Japan and South Korea are building new bases for the United States, the differences still do not add up. Polarization within the United States is a concerning issue. Among all Democrats, 27% say GOP policies are a threat to the well-being of the country; among all Republicans, more than a third (36%) think Democratic policies threaten the nation. The fact is making money brings people together more than anything else. Barely surviving and drowning on debt because of the negligience of caring about the US infrastructure is the problem and the reason of this movement. Instead of just talking, you need to sit back and really think about the reasons people are thinking this way. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates the United States infrastructure as a D+. The United States will crumble unless this movement takes place and that is how democracy works. This country continues to be polarized, the Republicans (Trump- draining the swamp) have shifted their focus toward the economic importance within our country. As for the democrats are focused mostly on "identity politics" that takes out the need for the individual (early stages of communist manifesto). The grouping of people based on race or religion and the hierarchy or credibility differences from minorities to the "privileged" is the reason for this polarization. Your ties of the likelihood of the national conscience will led to dangerous outcomes unless the melting pot of the United States has an economy that is strong. The United States is the greatest country in the world and the reason why the scary nationalism is increasing in Europe because of the unraveling prophecy that Gaddafi said "We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe-without swords, without guns, without conquest-will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades." By 2050, Muslims will account for 2.76 Muslims and 2.94 being Christians. Trust the United States because if we see a ethnic nationalism happening it will never take off. The larger concern is a communist takeover. Concerns over this is minimal compared to ethnic nationalism fear that led to one of the worse humanitarian events by the Nazi's killing 6 million not fit for their "aryan race" and this concern needs to be there. The concern over communist and nazi is heavily favored toward Nazism because of genocide of what germany called "others". Communism has killed 70 Million in China, 20 Million in Russia and the reason it is not taught by the liberally favored educational institutions is because they killed within their own country. You may be a traditional liberal like JFK that was totally against communism but you need to really sit down to think about the problems as a result of economic nationalism and ways we could do it properly. But also extreme negative results of globalism. Austria and Poland are seeming to be going toward neo-nazi countries closing of the new world order idea so there has to be a middle ground where countries can still have identity but also go toward globalism.

[@EvsEntps]

Steel, coal, food, medical supplies, etc, are extremely important strategic resources, they should absolutely be protected. Never heard such a blind, narrow-minded take on this issue. Your free trade 'economic arguments' completely ignore the risk of exogenous shocks such as wars, foreign protectionism and PANDEMICS, to name a few.

[@kayedal-haddad]

Would the SDP be classed as Economic Nationalist?

[@danieldurling]

How come these podcasts are not on iTunes?

[@pitster1105]

Economic nationalism was one of the factors that led to WWII. Countries like Germany and Japan invaded everyone around them with the sole purpose of securing their own economic future.

[@stuartwray6175]

German nationalism arose in the context of empirialism. Britain had a global monopoly.

[@pitster1105]

German nationalism arose when the German economy collapsed after the treaty of Versailles. The treaty made German pay respiration to various countries who were belligerents in WW1 which bankrupted the country, unemployment soared and inflation went sky high to the point where a head of lettuce cost 200Reichsmark. The economic collapsed cause the German people to become desperate which led to the rise of Adolph Hitler who promised to restore Germany's economy via rebuilding the military and later conquering all of Europe. The very point of Germany expanding the east war into Poland eastern Europe and eventually Russia was to obtain natural resources, airidible land to ensure Germany's economic growth and to ensure another economic tragedy would never happen again.

[@Inthemeanwhile]

Right to Hitler huh. The formation of the European Union was the elites attempt to deemphasize nationalism as a means of self identity. That experiment failed to achieve that end but has diminished the sovereignty and quality of life and wages of member countries to the point of backlash in the form of economic nationalism. Now you have Germans who lost the war sitting in on Greek parliament and vetoing the budget of countries like Grease and demanding untenable annual payments. Do not think that the irony is lost on the people. Globalization is failing the taxpayers of the western world. Economic nationalism is the result of that failure.

[@pitster1105]

The European Union was made and conceptualized after World War II at the Bretton Woods conference to toe the European countries together economically so they would be less likely to go to war with each other you conspiracy theory nutjob. "dehumanize nationalism' ??? It was a means for Europe to recover and rebuild because it's easier to have one economic union then 20+ countries having 20 + currency and trade policies. And Greece PUT THEMSELVES in their economic situation. For YEARS they were sitting up there paying benefits to its citizens on a credit card they knew they couldn't afford while simultaneously failing to collect taxes. Their bailout money CAME FROM GERMANY. So yes, Germany has every right to regulate the Greek economy.

[@Zero-1]

I wouldn’t really call hitler or Germany nationalists because the true is they killed their own German citizens. A true nationalist would never kill there own people.

[@deejay3631]

"The Dragons of Economic Error are Always Reviving and Needing to be Slain ".

[@zenster1097]

Cry more.