Department of Credibility

I'll have more to say about this video discussion at National Review in due course. The summary, mind you, gives you a decent flavour of the thesis:

The Decline and Fall of Europe: Chapter 3 of 5

Prof. Thornton discusses how a bureaucratic European Union “super state” is undermining the old nation-states of England, France, and Germany — a dangerous process. Uber-nationalism, of course, gave us the fascist European movements of the 20th century. Under the “enlightened” guidance of the EU, however, any nationalism is looked upon as reprehensible. Thornton counters that deep-rooted nationalism is a net good, and that its deterioration will coincide with the loss of representative democracy.

But at the risk of indulging a pet peeve or seeming unduly snarky, let me observe that this analysis of Europe might be more convincing if  England were actually a nation-state (or for that matter if Germany were an "old" nation-state). If you can't get the names of the countries correct...

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Thornton counters that deep-rooted nationalism is a net good, and that its deterioration will coincide with the loss of representative democracy.

Its hard to take any American thought on the concept of "representative democracy" as long as one New York senator represents 9,500,000 people and one Montana senator represents 470,000 people.

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arky, let me observe that this analysis of Europe might be more convincing