Recap: Nationalism is the strong feeling of pride one feels for there country. It causes use to grow closer and can lead to competitiveness. While this is good and all, it can sometimes be a problem. During the industrial revolution advances in transportation technology, making travel much easier. Since people where traveling more the got see more of land and the area around them. This made them proud of there land, nationality and country because they realize all the the things there country had to offer. All the countries in Europe had something different to offer and all the in each country where proud of there heritage. But i didn't take long for that pride to become competitiveness. The people there country was better then all the others. So what was once a group of beautiful individuals turned into a bunch of competitive teenage boys.
Review: Joe, Michael, and I did our puppet show about Otto von Bismark. We talked about how he wanted to create a unified German state and how he persecuted people who thought posed a threat to the German state like socialists and the Catholic Church. We also talked a little about the EMS dispatch, but i really think we should have went into more detail about it and explained it more.
As I remember Chris, Fritz, Orest, and Victor did a puppet show about the problems with nationalism in Russia. Russia is a massive country with a large population. It has masses of raw materials and natural resources. But it had trouble with industrialization, the czars' didn't want anything to challenge there "absolute power".(Bunch of pansies if you ask me..) After strikes and revolts by people about military failures and the want for shorter hours, a mob eventually went after the czar. And in his scared, panicked state (pansy) he ordered soldiers to attack the rioters!! This didn't make people happy at all. After the slaughter of the civilians, known as Bloody Sunday, they finally realized that Russia needed reform, not just repression.
Reflect & Reinvent: Nationalism is general a good idea, I believe. It can unite the people of a county and create a stronger national pride among them. Nationalism can also become a problem when the people from a certain start to believe there country is better then everyone else. It can national tension and even lead to war.
If I where to reinvent Nationalism, I would have to the way humans work. No mater how hard we try not to, we will always feel like better then someone at some point. Nationalism is a good way to make a strong united nation. If the people love there country they will be more likely do thinks to help it, like obey laws and pay taxes.
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