Yuval Noah Harari

I don't know most of them.

And nevertheless, nationalism makes people care about these strangers enough so that, for instance, you pay taxes so that other people in your nation will get good health care and education.

And ultimately, in some circumstances, even risk your life for them.

Sometimes, of course, nationalism veers into hatred of others.

But this is not an essential feature of nationalism.

Nationalism can exist without hating outsiders.

It cannot exist without love for insiders.

And many of the people today who present themselves as the champions of nationalism

They put the emphasis on hatred, and in many cases, they even create hatreds within the nation.

They divide the nation against itself.

They think they are great patriots if they hate outsiders.

And, you know, looking at Israel as an example, nobody, I think, in the history of Israel divided the nation against itself more than Netanyahu.

And in this sense, he has been the worst enemy of Israeli nationalism.

Yes, he hates outsiders, okay, but this is not the key test.

And then the question is, how would different nations conduct their relationships?

It starts with issues of security and foreign policy.

You know, the Trumpian vision, which is all about force and hierarchy, it basically says the way to organize the international system is if the weak always surrender to the demands of the strong, and then we have order, and then we have even peace.

So if the United States demands Greenland, Denmark must recognize reality and give Greenland to the United States.

If Denmark refuses, and as a result, there is violence, there is a war, there is conflict, this is the fault of Denmark.

for refusing to recognize the reality and giving the strong what they demand.