Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
Globalism is an inevitability and the new reality. No country can afford to isolate itself because one needs to sell what they produce competitively and import what is uneconomical to produce.What is misplaced nationalism?
Anyways, I wouldn’t say it’s brainwashing, it’s just stoking people’s intrinsic desire to retain their freedoms and their culture, and a general averseness against globalism.
Brexit: happened not because of brainwashing but because the people wanted to retain their autonomy, their culture, their nation,
Trump: happened not because he is a demagogue, but because people are innately against the globalist agenda - but I know you might want to call the globalist agenda a conspiracy theory.
Misplaced nationalism is when you end up with poorly thought out policies like Brexit that limit your markets.