Ultra Nationalistic Views On Self-Determination

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.

The author explains self-determination as being a “contribution to building a culture of peace” but, self-determination has been credited to bringing a sense of hostility among many nations.

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

countries.

The author describes war as being “a poor means of resolving conflicts.” Although, history has shown us that war can resolve a conflict and keep it resolved for good. For instance, Nazi Germany wanted to take over all of the world, with their own certain race. Germany started with the invasion of Poland, and then they could not be stopped. They took territories after territories and they lost the war because it took most of the countries in the world to stop them. Once, Germany was defeated the world made sure that something like this would never happen. In conclusion, war can sometime create a sense of unity between countries who would not be known to be an ally.

Nationalism and a country's national policies can be related to many of the world’s conflicts in the past and present. Ultranationalism is when a state or a person puts themselves above all and do it no matter the consequences. For example, Adolf Hitler’s Germany, where he wanted to be the one and only leader of the world. Which led to a bloody war and because of Hitler’s policies on how he was going to make Germany the finest country it turned into the bloodiest war in history where tens of millions of people most being civilians had to die for his own ultra nationalistic viewpoint. In conclusion, nationalism and national policies can go hand in hand when talking about many of the major conflicts happening in the world today.

In conclusion, a nation being self-determined is not always the best outcome for society as it may sometimes lead a country, being riddled with poverty, and wars.