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You have to have some common sense of a national identity for democracies to work.

Now, you know, the obvious example is something like Spain,

where they're having a crisis over Catalan independence.

And where the Catalonians don't think that they should have to be part of Spain.

And, you know, so they've had a secession crisis now for years.

If you have that, you're in a certain amount of trouble.

So, in that sense, you have to have, you have to have this common sense of national identity.

United States immigration, legal immigration fears that people are taking advantage of the welfare state.

When that becomes widespread, then it's very hard to pay us legislation

that will give various, alleviate economic insecurity for everybody.

Because people think, well, the money's going to go to people who really don't deserve it.

I'm Matthew Khan, and this is the LawFair podcast March 5, 2019.

Political trends in recent years have seen a rise of right-leaning nationalism and populism around the globe,

including in the United States.

What are the sources of nationalism, and what are its effects on modern politics?

On this episode of the podcast, LawFair Founding Editor and Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith talks to John Judas,

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