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What do you fight for?
Since 1945, we’ve been indoctrinated to think that collectivism is bad because Europeans destroyed each other in World War II over collectivist ideas, such as race, culture and nationality.
The idea that America is not a collectivist country is a lie. Liberalism and humanism are the most extreme forms of collectivism - because they advocate fighting for the biggest collective of all, humanity. “Human rights” and “individual liberty” are human collectivist justifications, which have been used for invading several countries over the years.
Human collectivism is collectivism based on humanity - based upon the idea of fighting for certain concepts or truths inherent to humanity itself.
This is not to condemn human collectivism, but to make people aware of what it is. Christianity is a form of human collectivism - and it is a great form of human collectivism because it has an accurate idea of human nature. Christianity acknowledges that we are not perfect, and cannot build a perfect world. Globalist collectivism is the opposite, and thus is one of the greatest threats we face today.
Pulling people together because of identities depends on how much life that identity brings. The truth is always “some”. But like any concept, they will never fully bring life.
There is a difference between globalism and globalization. Globalization is just a description of what happens when humans become prosperous - we develop better communications and travel technologies. There is nothing inherently wrong with globalization - it is a natural byproduct of prosperity.
Globalism, on the other hand, is the new religion which is built around globalization. Globalism and Individualism can both be religions, and are both the same thing. Think about it - from the perspective of a globalist leader, what will give that leader the most power? If every intermediary power structure is insignificant. If everyone is atomized into an individual. Individualism is the natural ideology of someone who wants to rule all humanity.
It is the strange situation of America - America was founded on a cooperative structure of Christianity and Globalism. The founding fathers explicitly stated rights as individual, inalienable, and human. Thus, they laid a legal groundwork which, if true, applies to all human beings. They also stated that the government was intended for a religious and Christian people, which the original citizens vastly were.
Now, Christianity and Globalism seem to be divorcing. Many in government want Globalism without Christianity, and many Christians want Christianity without Globalism.
So - why?
The current globalist/nativist divide is not a divide between individualists and collectivists. It is not even a divide between secular and religious - it is a divide between addicts and realists.