Monday, March 17th, 2008
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,241
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Re: Question about Welsh nationalism
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Originally Posted by stribbor
It doesn't matter in fact; to be a nationalist doesn't means that one has to be right wing follower. It is not a political party movement, it is political ideology which can be socialist, communist as well as conservative or liberal.
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Only under a very loose definition of Nationalism can Socialism or Liberalism be considered (or can be) nationalist political ideologies. Both doctrines revolve around the idea of state instead of nation.
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accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem:
hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,
et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
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–Plato–
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