The long quote below, about obsession, instability and indifference to reality, is from George Orwell’s essay “Notes on Nationalism” (May 1945, Polemic). Orwell presciently captures accurately the mental outlook of contemporary Race & Gender Identity Politics social justice warriors, who are nationalists in his sense:
By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’. But secondly — and this is much more important — I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.
From: Notes on Nationalism
Obsession. As nearly as possible, no nationalist ever thinks, talks, or writes about anything except the superiority…
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