Nationalism today is not nearly as virulent as it was in the 1930s, because economic distress is much less pronounced. But its revival is a portent of what happens when a form of politics claims to satisfy every human need except the coziness of communal belonging – and then lets the people down.
今天的民族主义没有20世纪30年代那么危险，因为经济困境远没有当时严峻。但民族主义的复苏是一个征兆，预示着某种政治形式宣称能满足除集体归属的安逸感之外的所有人类需要——然后让人民失望时会发生什么。