Truth Podcast - Vivek Ramaswamy - Listen to Season 3 Episode 2 of TRUTH

May 9, 2024 - Truth Podcast - Vivek Ramaswamy

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Listen to Season 3 Episode 2 of TRUTH | Hosted by Vivek Ramaswamy

# united states history united states shared ideals civic nationalism cuisine ethnicity ethno nationalism monarchy nationalism nationalist polyglot religion

Vivek Ramaswamy argues that "Nationalist" must not be a prohibited term, distinguishing ethno-nationalism's poor historical track record from civic nationalism. He asserts the U.S. was founded on shared ideals rather than ethnicity or religion, uniting a diverse group 250 years ago. Consequently, this episode concludes that American identity relies on these unifying civic principles, rejecting the notion that nationalism itself is inherently dangerous for a polyglot nation. [Automatically generated summary]
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	There's an N-word that you're not allowed to say anymore.
	But I'm going to say it.
	Nationalist.
	It doesn't have to be a bad word.
	We've got to distinguish between two different kinds of nationalism.
	The first is ethno-nationalism.
	That's the kind people usually think of.
	And it's natural, because most nations' identities have been built around an ethnicity, or a religion, or a monarch.
	And in that case, the track record of history hasn't been great for what that type of nationalism produces, either for a country or for its neighbors.
	Distinct from that, though, is civic nationalism.
	And that's the kind of nationalism that I think is relevant in the United States of America because our country is defined not based on an ethnicity, not based on a language or a monarch or cuisine or religion, for that matter.
	Our country is defined on the basis of a civic set of ideals that brought together a divided polyglot and, yes, religiously diverse group of people 250 years ago.
	And so I don't think that that's the kind of nationalism we need to run from.

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There's an N-word that you're not allowed to say anymore.

But I'm going to say it.

Nationalist.

It doesn't have to be a bad word.

We've got to distinguish between two different kinds of nationalism.

The first is ethno-nationalism.

That's the kind people usually think of.

And it's natural, because most nations' identities have been built around an ethnicity, or a religion, or a monarch.

And in that case, the track record of history hasn't been great for what that type of nationalism produces, either for a country or for its neighbors.

Distinct from that, though, is civic nationalism.

And that's the kind of nationalism that I think is relevant in the United States of America because our country is defined not based on an ethnicity, not based on a language or a monarch or cuisine or religion, for that matter.

Our country is defined on the basis of a civic set of ideals that brought together a divided polyglot and, yes, religiously diverse group of people 250 years ago.

And so I don't think that that's the kind of nationalism we need to run from.