Just subscribed to your channel after recently moving to British Columbia. Fantastic content! This video has very interestingly connected past with the current skepticism of a globalized world. I like how you have correlated it with patriots and loyalists. I feel they are the ends of a spectrum - the more in common people have, the more there’s a tendency to become a patriot/parochial. The less people have in common socially/culturally there’s a greater tendency to be a loyalist. New York and California are examples of loyalistic cultures in the US.
My problem with a globalized world is that some people are too impatient about it. People around the world have very different views on how things should be run, forms of government etc and I dont think that a "united world" imposed from the top down will actually work for anybody except an upper class. Many people who think a globalized world can quickly come about are quite west-centric in their views. What form of governance for example would a "united world" take? Of course people from the west would say "democracy" and by that "western style democracy" but most people in the world right now would not agree and its not even that simple among "democratic western nations" there is not an agreement on exactly what form democracy is to take. Basically what my opinion is is that until the peoples of the world can come to live in peace and cooperation under all their various flags there is no hope for successfully having us all live under one flag. My skepticism towards globalization is that I believe that it is naturally inevitable at some point and attempting to force it will only alienate people. If you really desire a united world do not support top town initiatives especially where corporations are involved instead reach out learn about different countries and cultures and make an ernest attempt to listen to other people's views and histories and to share yours in kind. Celebrate your own place and identity while respecting and celebrating others as well. I think this can be applied on a microscale in terms of canadian unity as well. I think the best thing for unity is that provincial and regional differences should be celebrated. The framework should be not the imposition of one nation but a confederation of many different regions cooperating for mutual benefit and trust. I think in time that could be the model for the world in general. In any case the solutions are not simple and black and white, nationalist and internationalist. I think the way forward especially in the age of the greatest communications tool to ever exist is that people need to discuss and listen to eachother more. A truly united world will not be built in a century it will take mutual and proper discussion.
Very interesting! A very old division. I have been looking into ancient Mesopotamia and you see this division even then! The city of Ur (root of urban) traded with the villagers in the shadow of the mountains: Kur (root of rural). However, Kur is also the Sumerian word for Hell! An ekur, or mountain house is what the village people lived in, but it is also the word for house of demons. Similarly, in Norman era England, the word for those who lived outside of the walls of the city was... Villain! Lots of fun examples of this trend.
Does this sense of "British" any longer exist? If the Brexit movement is an English nationalism, that uses the name "British" - are the Scottish who want independence in order to re-join the EU the "true" "British", in this sense. Is the EU more "British" than the UK, today?
British Columbia ultimately is extremely assimilating place. This is not enforced by state or society rather the landscape itself forces all human beings to assimilate and adapt to it. BC may have one of the most unique nationalisms in that it is truly rooted in the land itself rather than people/a particular ethnic group. In the mountains someone who doesnt look like you but knows what they're doing in all 4 seasons is more valuable than someone who looks like you but is useless.
Just subscribed to your channel after recently moving to British Columbia. Fantastic content!
This video has very interestingly connected past with the current skepticism of a globalized world. I like how you have correlated it with patriots and loyalists.
I feel they are the ends of a spectrum - the more in common people have, the more there’s a tendency to become a patriot/parochial. The less people have in common socially/culturally there’s a greater tendency to be a loyalist.
New York and California are examples of loyalistic cultures in the US.
My problem with a globalized world is that some people are too impatient about it. People around the world have very different views on how things should be run, forms of government etc and I dont think that a "united world" imposed from the top down will actually work for anybody except an upper class. Many people who think a globalized world can quickly come about are quite west-centric in their views. What form of governance for example would a "united world" take? Of course people from the west would say "democracy" and by that "western style democracy" but most people in the world right now would not agree and its not even that simple among "democratic western nations" there is not an agreement on exactly what form democracy is to take.
Basically what my opinion is is that until the peoples of the world can come to live in peace and cooperation under all their various flags there is no hope for successfully having us all live under one flag. My skepticism towards globalization is that I believe that it is naturally inevitable at some point and attempting to force it will only alienate people. If you really desire a united world do not support top town initiatives especially where corporations are involved instead reach out learn about different countries and cultures and make an ernest attempt to listen to other people's views and histories and to share yours in kind. Celebrate your own place and identity while respecting and celebrating others as well.
I think this can be applied on a microscale in terms of canadian unity as well. I think the best thing for unity is that provincial and regional differences should be celebrated. The framework should be not the imposition of one nation but a confederation of many different regions cooperating for mutual benefit and trust. I think in time that could be the model for the world in general.
In any case the solutions are not simple and black and white, nationalist and internationalist. I think the way forward especially in the age of the greatest communications tool to ever exist is that people need to discuss and listen to eachother more. A truly united world will not be built in a century it will take mutual and proper discussion.
Another great video Sam!
The old facts, were very well done. Clarity of my foggy history. Thank you.
Mistake in the graphic as elected assembly changes to senate and appointed council changes to house of commons, should be reversed.
Very interesting! A very old division. I have been looking into ancient Mesopotamia and you see this division even then! The city of Ur (root of urban) traded with the villagers in the shadow of the mountains: Kur (root of rural). However, Kur is also the Sumerian word for Hell! An ekur, or mountain house is what the village people lived in, but it is also the word for house of demons. Similarly, in Norman era England, the word for those who lived outside of the walls of the city was... Villain! Lots of fun examples of this trend.
Does this sense of "British" any longer exist? If the Brexit movement is an English nationalism, that uses the name "British" - are the Scottish who want independence in order to re-join the EU the "true" "British", in this sense. Is the EU more "British" than the UK, today?
British Columbia ultimately is extremely assimilating place. This is not enforced by state or society rather the landscape itself forces all human beings to assimilate and adapt to it. BC may have one of the most unique nationalisms in that it is truly rooted in the land itself rather than people/a particular ethnic group. In the mountains someone who doesnt look like you but knows what they're doing in all 4 seasons is more valuable than someone who looks like you but is useless.
There’s a lot in that Sam