Why the Tories and UKIP are not Nationalistic/Patriotic Parties.
By well-wisher
Mon, 09 Apr 2018
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I hear a lot of people who call themselves nationalists but who vote for the Tories or UKIP and I do not consider these parties to be nationalistic.
Why?
Because these are parties of private ownership and I do not believe that the land and natural resources of a nation can truly serve a nation unless they are owned by that nation and they can only be owned by that nation if they are owned by the democratically elected government of that nation.
Also.
The Tories and UKIP are parties that believe in cutting taxes for the very rich at the expense of everyone else.
And I believe that a true nationalist; a true patriot should want to pay as much as they can truly afford towards the smoothly efficient operation of their nation by which I mean essential things like healthcare, education and policing.
If a wealthy minority of people are not paying as much as they can truly afford to pay towards the necessary public services of their nation then they are not serving their nation, they are only serving themselves.
Also the Tories and UKIP are parties that put wealth generation for a minority of people before the environment (For example, they both support fracking.)
But Nature is a nation's treasure; the treasure we hand onto our national descendents.
If you are a nationalist you should want to preserve Nature and not despoil it just to make a small group of people wealthy
Nationalism is not about waving flags; its not about hating people who have a different colour of skin to yourself; its not about singing "God save the Queen"; its about doing the best for your country that you are able to do and expecting others, as much as they are able, to do the best for their country as well.
If you're voting for the Tories or UKIP then thats not helping your country; thats only helping a small, very rich group of people; thats selling out your country to make the rich even more rich and if you're knowingly doing that then you are no patriot.
Because these are parties of private ownership and I do not believe that the land and natural resources of a nation can truly serve a nation unless they are owned by that nation and they can only be owned by that nation if they are owned by the democratically elected government of that nation.
Also.
The Tories and UKIP are parties that believe in cutting taxes for the very rich at the expense of everyone else.
And I believe that a true nationalist; a true patriot should want to pay as much as they can truly afford towards the smoothly efficient operation of their nation by which I mean essential things like healthcare, education and policing.
If a wealthy minority of people are not paying as much as they can truly afford to pay towards the necessary public services of their nation then they are not serving their nation, they are only serving themselves.
Also the Tories and UKIP are parties that put wealth generation for a minority of people before the environment (For example, they both support fracking.)
But Nature is a nation's treasure; the treasure we hand onto our national descendents.
If you are a nationalist you should want to preserve Nature and not despoil it just to make a small group of people wealthy
Nationalism is not about waving flags; its not about hating people who have a different colour of skin to yourself; its not about singing "God save the Queen"; its about doing the best for your country that you are able to do and expecting others, as much as they are able, to do the best for their country as well.
If you're voting for the Tories or UKIP then thats not helping your country; thats only helping a small, very rich group of people; thats selling out your country to make the rich even more rich and if you're knowingly doing that then you are no patriot.
In the words of great socialist, Woody Guthrie - "This land is your land". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s
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