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Patriotism that started lifting weights and now won't stop talking about borders.

means Someone who believes their nation's interests, culture, or sovereignty should come first, and organizes their politics around that belief.

from Built from 'nation' (from Latin natio, 'birth' or 'people born together,' from nasci, 'to be born') plus '-ist,' the suffix that turns a belief into a believer. The word itself is a relatively modern coinage, rising in the 18th-19th centuries alongside the nation-state as political movements started defining themselves by shared birth, language, and land rather than loyalty to a king or church.

vs patriot
patriot loves country, nationalist ranks it above others
core belief
nation and state should perfectly align, always
19th century boom
redrew Europe's map after empires crumbled
irony
movement itself spread via international cooperation
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