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Can you explain what you mean by "folkish"? I googled and got very little except this wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lkisch_movement https:

Can you explain what you mean by "folkish"? I googled and got very little except this wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lkisch_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lkisch_movement but it seems to be only based on a literal translation from German.

devmunchies 6y ago
folkish means racially or culturally conscious and having an affinity for your "own people". An example would would be Israel, where jews can be with their "own". There's pros and cons. Pros would be that its more of a long-term strategy to preserve cultural diversity, since their large pockets of peoples (ie. japan is still overwhelmingly Japanese). It also allows the children in that folkish community to be raise with their own culture. these folkish pockets also create more interesting tourism, since its distinguished from a globalized generic culture. A con would be if you become so fixated on it that you see your folk as superior that you don't share your culture with others, don't let in outsiders, and you don't visit and enjoy other cultures. This would means instead of having a healthy appreciation for diverse culture (your's included), you just hate others. A lack of exposure to other culture means your own won't improve.
- pvg 6y ago
  I don't think it's accurate to describe the state of Israel with the terminology of white nationalism.
  - devmunchies 6y ago
    If the shoe fits.
    - pvg 6y ago
      I'm not sure I follow.
- dang 6y ago
  Not cool, and you've posted like this before. Please keep this kind of thing off HN.
pvg 6y ago
The sibling comment is circumlocutious but it's what you might think it is when you read the Völkisch wikipedia page. Here's another link that uses the term directly: https://odinic-rite.org/main/what-it-means-to-be-folkish/ https://odinic-rite.org/main/what-it-means-to-be-folkish/ TLDR: it's Nazis.

devmunchies 6y ago

folkish means racially or culturally conscious and having an affinity for your "own people". An example would would be Israel, where jews can be with their "own". There's pros and cons. Pros would be that its more of a long-term strategy to preserve cultural diversity, since their large pockets of peoples (ie. japan is still overwhelmingly Japanese). It also allows the children in that folkish community to be raise with their own culture. these folkish pockets also create more interesting tourism, since its distinguished from a globalized generic culture. A con would be if you become so fixated on it that you see your folk as superior that you don't share your culture with others, don't let in outsiders, and you don't visit and enjoy other cultures. This would means instead of having a healthy appreciation for diverse culture (your's included), you just hate others. A lack of exposure to other culture means your own won't improve.

pvg 6y ago
I don't think it's accurate to describe the state of Israel with the terminology of white nationalism.
- devmunchies 6y ago
  If the shoe fits.
  - pvg 6y ago
    I'm not sure I follow.
dang 6y ago
Not cool, and you've posted like this before. Please keep this kind of thing off HN.

pvg 6y ago

The sibling comment is circumlocutious but it's what you might think it is when you read the Völkisch wikipedia page. Here's another link that uses the term directly: https://odinic-rite.org/main/what-it-means-to-be-folkish/ https://odinic-rite.org/main/what-it-means-to-be-folkish/ TLDR: it's Nazis.