Still So 19th Century!
Something Tobias Harris, quoting William Gibson, says here about the United States as a 'normal' 19th Century state jarred lose this live thought of Matt Welch's (above) on how American voters increasingly are thinking beyond 19th Century ideology—at least on political economy— in Gibson's terms. Harris takes the discussion to foreign policy.
Nationalism need not be associated with military power, although nineteenth-century nationalism is. Why can't a twenty-first century nation be proud of more pacific achievements, whether domestic (a society with a low crime rate or high literacy) or international (a commitment to creating a more peaceful, orderly world)? The revisionists do not have a monopoly on pride in their country. Defenders of Japan's postwar system have plenty of which to be proud.
Let Welch's and Harris' conclusions swirl around (and, by all means, read and listen to both posts) in your alienated, postmodern heads, and get back to me.
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