The Right is nationalist precisely and exultantly because nationalism is bad. Where the Left is nationalist, it is because they are foolishly indulgent of the evil of the people.
The Jacobin piece enthusiastically backs this "left nationalism" vision of the nation as an endless creole friction zone open to every identity and claim, but it sidesteps the harsh truth that applies to every society: if a nation doesn't prioritize its existing citizens first—securing borders, protecting native workers' wages and housing, and preventing welfare systems and public services from becoming overwhelmed by unchecked inflows—the social contract frays, trust erodes, and resentment builds
Immigration is nowhere near the top of the list of things that fray the social contract, erode trust, and build resentment. Corruption, particularly in the administration of "justice", is vastly more important.
Immigration has a "target" that is easy to get angry at. Corruption also has an "other", but that other is usually physically and even values-wise not that different from one's own tribe
>And a man's foes shall be they of his own household
The Right is nationalist precisely and exultantly because nationalism is bad. Where the Left is nationalist, it is because they are foolishly indulgent of the evil of the people.
The Jacobin piece enthusiastically backs this "left nationalism" vision of the nation as an endless creole friction zone open to every identity and claim, but it sidesteps the harsh truth that applies to every society: if a nation doesn't prioritize its existing citizens first—securing borders, protecting native workers' wages and housing, and preventing welfare systems and public services from becoming overwhelmed by unchecked inflows—the social contract frays, trust erodes, and resentment builds
Immigration is nowhere near the top of the list of things that fray the social contract, erode trust, and build resentment. Corruption, particularly in the administration of "justice", is vastly more important.
Immigration has a "target" that is easy to get angry at. Corruption also has an "other", but that other is usually physically and even values-wise not that different from one's own tribe
>And a man's foes shall be they of his own household
Jacobin actually has a dialogue between people who feel the way he does and people who feel more the way you do.
Dialogue that one has to put in work to see isn't dialogue :)