Noble ideas misused as toxic forces: The threat of insular nationalism

If you accept that religion, any one of the hundreds of variants cherished around the world, is a noble ideal often hijacked in ignoble causes then you probably regard nationalism in the same light.

Often an empowering, uplifting energy, nationalism is, sadly, too often a mask for our less admirable natures. It can be driven by unspoken fear. It is often driven by base instincts that suggest that for us to succeed another must fail.