Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
I agree with all your points about the battle lines, but think the attempt to frame them within the context of Marxism isn't a good fit. For instance, nationalism was always anathema to the classical Marxist because it worked directly in opposition to the idea of internationalism. However, it is now a flag around which the culturally and socially diverse strands who oppose a globalist vision can rally. To frame that as a purely class issue is rather simplistic.

All in all, I think it's now simply too fragmented and diverse a social and political picture to apply any monolithic political framework to it.
Marx's internationalism was based on a solidarity among workers, not a solidarity among owners of big capital, as per globalism. Nationalism doesn't have to be ugly, chauvinist and violent, but in the hands of the right it has sometimes shown an unfortunate tendency to take on these characteristics.

A healthy nationalism to oppose globalism should be based no the understanding that the nation state is currently the best unit of democratic self-determination available, while peacefully respecting other nations, not that ones own country is superior to the rest.