Ultra Nationalistic Views On Self-Determination

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Self-determination is a feeling of a certain culture or a group of people in a country who want to be able to branch off and form their own nation allowing them to make decisions for themselves. But, self-determination can also be related to many of the major conflicts in the world today. Depending on a country's national interests it can determine their success or failure of a country. National interests of a country can directly impact the world in a positive or negative way depending on their policies. Nationalism can cause many problems for a country. Ultra Nationalistic views by a leader can cause catastrophes for the whole world. The quote talks about self-determination and the problems of having wars. The perspectives given by the author can be disputed to be right and wrong by many. Along with that, war does and does not have the ability to solve many conflicts in the world today. War, historically has been able to successfully resolve a conflict between nations. …show more content…

For example, many nations in Africa have been affected by a feeling of self-determination. Many African countries have regressed since gaining independence from their owner countries because of being riddled with poverty, wars, and leaders who took advantage of their own citizens for their own personal gains. The author’s opinion on self-determination can be disagreed by many because of the countless acts of terror by extremists who will go to any length to get their own nation. In the end, self-determination can be known to create a sense of resentment between

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