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A restatement and refinement of some earlier thoughts:
Zionism vs. Americanism
Zionism: a political movement, heavily saturated with Marxism, preoccupied
with the interests and enemies (*especially* enemies) of a single ethnic group
and religion. Dominated by messianic ethnocentrism, ethnic nationalism,
ethno-religious nationalism, ethnic mysticism and ethnic cultism. Core
theme: Old Testament tribalism.
Americanism: a political movement, based on individualism and meritocracy,
for every ethnic group and religion on the planet. What matters is not the
ethnicity or religion of your parents or grandparents, but what you can do, what
are your individual talents and character. Core theme: New
Testament/Enlightenment universalism and pluralism.
Not only are Americanism and Zionism not synonymous, but they differ
radically in their fundamental values and outlook. Americanism is no more
synonymous with Jewish ethnic nationalism than it is with British, German,
Irish, French, Arab, Japanese or Chinese ethnic nationalism. Americans
have always sought to transcend ethnic and ethno-religious nationalism, not
wallow in it. America is not an Anglo-Saxon state or an Anglo-Christian
state.
Ethnocentric states, particularly militantly ethnocentric states, tend to
provoke strong negative reactions from the rest of the world, for all the
obvious human reasons. They live in a state of perpetual friction both
with other ethnic groups and with universalists. Ethnic nationalism is not
a growth stock in the field of global politics. It's a losing starting
position on the grand chessboard. Ethnic nationalists are surrounded and
swarmed by self-generated enemies from the starting bell. (Too many
metaphors there, but I'm too lazy to rewrite those last three sentences.)
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