Fukayama and Capital H History
>>“A people” is the historical norm. Everyone prior to 100 years ago knew the concept. It’s conjoined ethnicity, religion, culture, society, and land. Then liberalism comes along and says, oh no, you can’t have that. It's why Israel is forever a pariah state>>
That's why *all* Western states are pariah states, and not just Israel. Decolonization extends to every "settler entity," including the U.S. It's the same phenomenon that makes the American flag a "hate symbol." The notion of "nationalism" or "peoplehood"--a distinctive national identity and culture--is hostile to "universal human rights," global order and/or global institutions. It's also why border/immigration politics are so fraught.
Just a quibble, but it's leftist logic, and not liberal. Although I suppose you could argue that 'neoliberal consensus' decided, for coalitional reasons, to pull up the ladder behind them, i.e. we built our bounty on particularism, but we are the last states.
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