I Fear Globalists more than Terrorists.

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4. The nationalism that is integral to the far-right's mentality is a danger as well.

The nationalists' attitude is that the world is a better place with each country being an island competing with all the other islands. They believe in the wisdom of the 'invisible hand' both as it applies to individuals competing with each other within a country and to countries competing with each other in the world. Rather than seeing the wisdom of individuals (and countries) cooperating with each other, conservatives prefer the 'invisible hand' of competition.

We are all in one world. In that sense we are all globalists. Pollution and global climate change are not local or national things. Disease in one part of the world can spread to other parts. The effects of poverty and/or war in one part of the world often spreads to other parts with refugees, terrorism, disease, spreading conflicts, etc. We cannot wall ourselves off from the rest of the world though many conservatives seem to believe that we can build walls high enough to do that. Of course, conservatives would also like to 'wall off' the well-off parts of the US and ignore those Americans in need so I guess we have to give them "credit" for being consistent.

I think liberals see that we are all in this together. We don't want to see prosperity for a small percent but for everyone. We are much more likely than conservatives to ask "What is good for everyone rather than what is good for me."