Nationalism = Racism

I was thinking to myself - 'Why do people always want the best for their country? ie. Why do they prefer government policies that benefit their own country as the expense of other countries?'. It is a concept that often goes completely unchallenged - of course Australians want the best for the Australia - we're Australian!! But what makes us Australian? The fact that we are born or raised (or both) on a certain piece of land and issued with an Australian passport, and possibly also growing up with Australian 'culture'. That is pretty much it. For other countries around the world there is a stronger case for ethnicity representing the nation, which only further supports my argument that desiring the best for your country, your people, your race, is racism.

I don't think there is valid argument (I would love someone to present me with one) why we should give priority to people who hold the same passport as us when it comes to foreign policy decisions. The problem is that it is virtually impossible for a unilateral move to this kind of utopian 'foreign' policy where governments are working together to better the world, not their country. It would take something more like a global government (my utopia) to ensure that 'nations' don't take advantage of the generous or the weak (as they do now).

Can you imagine a world where all production and distribution is coordinated in an ecologically sustainable and equitable way? The capacity of currently Third and Fourth world nations (generally in terms of their arable land) to feed themselves and the rest of the world goes untapped as they struggle with urbanisation, civil war, and population expansion (which is a result, not a cause of the poverty). It would be the ultimately efficient world, no-one would starve, the worlds ecosystems would be saved and restored somewhat, and.....it wouldn't be Brave New World if that's what is creeping into the minds of the visionless sceptics.

But for the foreseeable future (or maybe forever) we are caught in the globally destructive cycle of nations competing against each other - for the good of 'their' people.

Happy Birthday Mum and Christian!!