"One of our era’s foundational myths is that globalization has condemned the nation-state to irrelevance.... there are cosmopolitan ethicists who decry the artificiality of national borders. ......Political leaders plead impotence, intellectuals dream up implausible global-governance schemes, and the losers increasingly blame immigrants or imports. ... today’s challenges cannot be met by institutions that do not (yet) exist. For now, people still must turn for solutions to their national governments...."
and yet the attack continues
there are ..."economists who view governments as an impediment to the freer flow of goods, capital, and people around the world.
Prevent domestic policymakers from intervening with their regulations and barriers,
they say,
and global markets will take care of themselves, in the process creating a more integrated and efficient world economy....but who will provide the market’s rules and regulations, if not nation-states? Laissez-faire is a recipe for more financial crises and greater political backlash. Moreover, it would require entrusting economic policy to international technocrats, insulated as they are from the push and pull of politics – a stance that severely circumscribes democracy and political accountability"
"there are cosmopolitan ethicists who decry the artificiality of national borders. ...
If we identify ourselves with the nation, our morality remains national. But, if we increasingly associate ourselves with the world at large, our loyalties will expand, too. "
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down with nationalism ?
bull shit
fortunately few here in the US fit this cosmo citizen template
and few here have local loyalty that trumps their national loyalty
nope
the combo oughta be
think global but act national
what each nation owes to the rest is simply
don't interfere else where
trade fairly with everyone
and allow the voice of the UN to have " an honest hearing "
inside your borders
