Choo Da Ye's Debate Essay

Is Nationalism necessary?

Is nationalism a good thing? Many people might be divided into pros and cons. My opinion about Nationalism is on the 'pros' side.

I think nationalism is necessary. Because nationalism is an important source to maintain a nation. Nationalism is not to think just about race, but to know the source of the nation, to love the nation and to have pride in the nation. So, if many people don't have nationalism, their nation couldn't unite and the power of the nation could be weak. Therefore, nationalism is necessary to keep nations powerful.

The people who disagree with nationalism think nationalism as racial egoism. For example, many Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis because the Nazis only thought their race was most important. The objectors think that case occurred because of the nationalism of the Nazis. So, the objector insists that nationalism could break the order of the world. In this case, however, that incident occurred because of over-nationalism, and the Nazis used nationalism for pretext to kill Jews and despotize. The real meaning of Nationalism is not to kill the other race.

Nationalism can be an essential thing or a dangerous thing. But, it is plain truth that each person has their race and nation. We cannot ignore the relation between humans and nations. Therefore we have to think about nationalism carefully with its affirmative and negative aspects.