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How nationalism and globalism can coexist | Wanis Kabbaj

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🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Why do we have to choose between nationalism and globalism, between loving our countries and caring for the world? In a talk with lessons for avowed nationalists and globalists alike, Wanis Kabbaj explains how we can challenge this polarizing, binary thinking -- and simultaneously be proud citizens of both our countries and the world.

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0:00.0

This TED Talk features global citizen Juanis Cabage recorded live at TED at UPS 2018.

0:10.0

So two weeks ago, I searched the word nationalist on Twitter.

0:14.0

The results were quite colorful with expressions like emboldened racist moron,

0:20.0

white supremacist idiot, fascist-puppets, with expressions like emboldened racist moron,

0:22.3

white supremacist idiot,

0:24.9

fascist suck puppets,

0:28.5

R-Willian, Hitlerian, terrifying.

0:30.5

I then searched the word globalists,

0:33.6

and got things like socialist sell-out,

0:36.4

disgusting corporate propaganda, elitist financial overlords,

0:40.3

rootless cosmopolitan rats.

0:43.3

Even by social media standards, the words are cruel and disgusting.

0:48.3

But they reflect the intensity of one of the most fundamental questions of our times. Nationalism or globalism?

0:56.0

What is the best path forward?

0:58.1

This question impacts everything we care about.

1:00.7

Our cultural identity, our prosperity, our political systems,

1:06.2

everything, the health of our planet, everything.

1:10.0

So on the one hand, we have nationalism.

1:12.6

Collins defines it as a devotion to one's nation,

1:16.6

but also a doctrine that puts national interests above international considerations.

1:21.6

For nationalists, our modern societies are built on national grounds.

1:26.6

We share a land, a history, a culture, and we defend each other.

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