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I feel myself unwinding again. My heart beats so fast I think it might pop out of my chest, my head won't be quiet. I couldn't get out of bed this morning, I haven't eaten in days, sleep is impossible.

Nationalism, a symptom

When discussing nationalism, in my mind, the word itself brings me to the Holocaust and Germany's hyper nationalism. I've found that i have never been one to support the idea of nationalism even with my own people as it gives the people of a nation a sense of superiority and ownership of their “inferiors”, which history has proven it leads people to excuse their violent and oppressive nature. Nationalism and democracy as two terms slinging together leads to a fascist regime, much like the United States current political climate. Nation-branding is the idea of how a nation presents itself to the outside world and the propaganda that it feeds to the people. In the 1930s, when the Germany’s economy was in extreme turmoil and the sentiments of defeat and widespread depression plagued their people, nationalism was in a sense used as a defense mechanism. In the worst way possible, it healed those by taking the blame away from Germany as a whole for their failure and instead placed it
I've been so uninspired lately. There is a great cloud that is coming and I feel that the belljar may be coming soon, I'm doing my best to resist it. There is so much I want to do but so limited resources to do so, and too much anxiety and doubts. I want to drop everything and move to Peru and start a new life. But i know what I'm here to do if I do stay here long. I have a vision for my life but I don't know the certainty of me doing it. I know what I want to do but is it strange that I can never imagine myself living long, living past 25? I just don't know.