> Nationalism means an ethnic group ("nation"/"people") taking over a state ("country") That is what I mean - that's what the Hindu nationalists are openly doi

> Nationalism means an ethnic group ("nation"/"people") taking over a state ("country") That is what I mean - that's what the Hindu nationalists are openly doing and advocating in India. > the US Constitution is very much collectivist in tone Yes, and very different from nationalism. We can cooperate. Nobody is advocating some libertarian extreme. > The individual rights stuff was added by anti-Feseralists in the Bill of Rights, to rein in the main Constitution a bit. That may be true but it's not the truth. It was added by everyone, no less than the rest of the Constitution. Clearly, Americans have considered themselves, and have been considered to be, individualists for a long time. You're also skipping the Declaration of Independence, and much much more.