> Culture is a big part of it, yes, but often 'nation' does include aspects of ethnicity. Google defines ethnicity as: The fact or state of belonging to a soci

> Culture is a big part of it, yes, but often 'nation' does include aspects of ethnicity. Google defines ethnicity as: The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. Sounds a bit circular. > Nationalism is something people seem to naturally do. Nationalism is something you do? How does one nationalism? > Whether it has a 'point' or not in 2013 is pretty irrelevant - if people are doing it anyway, it's important to try and understand it Based on what I've gathered, nationalism is a way to arbitrarily distinguish your culture from another in hopes of inevitably forming a border with your neighbor in order to enact a national government? > Do you think I'm some sort of racist for trying to explain a concept to you that's prevalent across the globe? Not one bit. I understand the notion is prevalent, but I wonder if we would be better off without it. Similar to racism, it's prevalent and we would be better off without it. I do feel that many arguments in favor of national pride work in favor of racial pride as well -- which is why I brought it up.