The patriotism of the current generation is much more geographic ('Iran zameen') than ethnic or religious chauvinist, and we rejoice at that.
Young Iranians have realized it is the land and its people, whoever they are, that make up their country, not one particular religion or even language. It was significant indeed that Mahsa Zhina Amini was a Kurdish Iranian (not Iranian Kurd) and a whole nation adopted an Öcalanite slogan of liberation from gender apartheid.
We remain stubbornly optimistic, and continue to point out Iranian history, with its satrapies and autonomous kingdoms within vast empires, is as good a precedent for a strong, democratic federalism as any European one.
Nonsense. Advocating for full democratic rights is not separatism. And even self determination is a protect right of all people, defined in the UN charter
I guess reflections mean you dont have to cite any primary sources or do an exhaustive historical analysis. Thanks for the gibberish. Nobody knows what nationalism means in east or west. Its a social construct created in the 14th century to give European princes more power.
Thank you for your commentary. As a Canadian, we have no such civilizational history and are completely colonial with the exception of the aboriginal peoples. On reflection, even the term aboriginal is colonial. You description of the difference between nationalism and patriotism is key and the comment by Kaveh illustrates the linguistic difference in sharp detail. The media here often refers to our national diaspora as Canadian (diaspora such as Sikh or Iranian). This is a language of division and nationalism if I follow your writing correctly. It would be much more appropriate for the media to use Sikh Canadian or Iranian Canadian to be patriotic in language. A further question is at what point does the diaspora cease to exist in the evolution of patriotism? That is, when does a Canadian Iranian become an Iranian Canadian from their own internal perspective? When do the patriotic Iranians consider someone no longer part of the diaspora? I suspect there will be a tension there and am curious about how this tension can or cannot be resolved.
The patriotism of the current generation is much more geographic ('Iran zameen') than ethnic or religious chauvinist, and we rejoice at that.
Young Iranians have realized it is the land and its people, whoever they are, that make up their country, not one particular religion or even language. It was significant indeed that Mahsa Zhina Amini was a Kurdish Iranian (not Iranian Kurd) and a whole nation adopted an Öcalanite slogan of liberation from gender apartheid.
We remain stubbornly optimistic, and continue to point out Iranian history, with its satrapies and autonomous kingdoms within vast empires, is as good a precedent for a strong, democratic federalism as any European one.
Exactly. It was sad to see Iranians using the slogan of a Turkish-Kurdish separatist organisation.
Nonsense. Advocating for full democratic rights is not separatism. And even self determination is a protect right of all people, defined in the UN charter
I guess reflections mean you dont have to cite any primary sources or do an exhaustive historical analysis. Thanks for the gibberish. Nobody knows what nationalism means in east or west. Its a social construct created in the 14th century to give European princes more power.
Thank you for your commentary. As a Canadian, we have no such civilizational history and are completely colonial with the exception of the aboriginal peoples. On reflection, even the term aboriginal is colonial. You description of the difference between nationalism and patriotism is key and the comment by Kaveh illustrates the linguistic difference in sharp detail. The media here often refers to our national diaspora as Canadian (diaspora such as Sikh or Iranian). This is a language of division and nationalism if I follow your writing correctly. It would be much more appropriate for the media to use Sikh Canadian or Iranian Canadian to be patriotic in language. A further question is at what point does the diaspora cease to exist in the evolution of patriotism? That is, when does a Canadian Iranian become an Iranian Canadian from their own internal perspective? When do the patriotic Iranians consider someone no longer part of the diaspora? I suspect there will be a tension there and am curious about how this tension can or cannot be resolved.
https://exploringhumans.substack.com/p/a-tomorrow-without-maps
Significant…important?