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'''Nationalism''', or '''bourgeois nationalism''', is a political tendency advocating against [[internationalism]] and for the national bourgeoisie (versus the international proletariat). This is not to be confused with proletarian patriotism, that is, valuing the contributions of the proletariat of a particular country. [[Marxism|Marxists]] oppose nationalism within the context of [[Imperialism|imperialist countries]]. | '''Nationalism''', or '''bourgeois nationalism''', is a political tendency advocating against [[internationalism]] and for the national bourgeoisie (versus the international proletariat). This is not to be confused with proletarian patriotism, that is, valuing the contributions of the proletariat of a particular country. [[Marxism|Marxists]] oppose nationalism within the context of [[Imperialism|imperialist countries]]. | ||
<blockquote>" | <blockquote>"Can a Communist, who is an internationalist, at the same time be a patriot? We hold that he not only can be but must be. The specific content of patriotism is determined by historical conditions. There is the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler, and there is our patriotism. Communists must resolutely oppose the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler. The Communists of Japan and Germany are defeatists with regard to the wars being waged by their countries. To bring about the defeat of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler by every possible means is in the interests of the Japanese and the German people, and the more complete the defeat the better. This is what the Japanese and German Communists should be doing and what they are doing. For the wars launched by the Japanese aggressors and Hitler are harming their own people as well as the people of the world. China's case is different, because she is the victim of aggression. Chinese Communists must therefore combine patriotism with internationalism." | ||
—[[Mao Zedong]], ''The Role of the Communist Party of China in the National War''</blockquote> | |||
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Nationalism, or bourgeois nationalism, is a political tendency advocating against internationalism and for the national bourgeoisie (versus the international proletariat). This is not to be confused with proletarian patriotism, that is, valuing the contributions of the proletariat of a particular country. Marxists oppose nationalism within the context of imperialist countries.
"Can a Communist, who is an internationalist, at the same time be a patriot? We hold that he not only can be but must be. The specific content of patriotism is determined by historical conditions. There is the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler, and there is our patriotism. Communists must resolutely oppose the "patriotism" of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler. The Communists of Japan and Germany are defeatists with regard to the wars being waged by their countries. To bring about the defeat of the Japanese aggressors and of Hitler by every possible means is in the interests of the Japanese and the German people, and the more complete the defeat the better. This is what the Japanese and German Communists should be doing and what they are doing. For the wars launched by the Japanese aggressors and Hitler are harming their own people as well as the people of the world. China's case is different, because she is the victim of aggression. Chinese Communists must therefore combine patriotism with internationalism." —Mao Zedong, The Role of the Communist Party of China in the National War