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.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Surely that's inherent in the statement though? Not so much imposing it on everyone else as offering it to them. After all, why should anybody be forced to accept less than the best; asylum seekers, migrants and what-have-you. And when you want to exclude them, then where's the solidarity bit? If we say "Britain is best" then surely we have to put our money where our mouth is?
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
It's not up to us to decide what's best for them. It's up to them. And who is saying that Britain is best? And at what? If one country takes a path that works in some way, others may choose to follow.
It's imperialists, technocrats, jihadis and popes who insist they know what's best for everyone else.