Rp Background and Reasons

[beander2]

I'm going to turn over and play Devil's Advocate here...

You can be both nationalist and expansionist. The National Socialists fitted into this mold, historically.

I'm not convinced that the National Socialists and those who sought expansion beyond what were considered traditional Germanic lands were on the same page. There are different types of nationalism, including that used instrumentally, i.e., for ends other than the nation itself (such as the personal aggrandizement of nationalist or state elites). I imagine the National Socialists contained various types.

In any event, what I said is the norm, and I don't see FA/AFA at all falling into the instrumentalist category. The Nazis aren't really applicable here.

Now, so as to avoid becoming what I criticised in my last post, I'm going to bed.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar