Reductive nationalism can only be tamed by linking it to a universal that does not attack the natural human solidarity of place & people. If liberalism is allowed to be the only universal then it will win - paradoxically nationalism needs a non-ethnic internationalism of the good
— Phillip Blond (@Phillip_Blond) May 16, 2020
Nationalism is not the primary problem; the primary problem is still the state. But even if the state were to fragment into republics organized on a human scale, there would always be the tendency for some to attempt to consolidate and centralize again because of disordered self-love and pride, whether it be in the name of ethnic unity or defense from outsiders or the "common good." At best we can achieve an international order based on mutual respect, or at least the desire not to get entangled with the affairs of others, and that is only if everyone is converted to Christ. Until then, there will be strife and no non-ethnic internationalism is going to prevent that without accumulating power to the few.
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