Civic Nationalism
Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
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Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
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I want a nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles.
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Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify the constitutional allocation of power between territorial units and a center. Administrative centralization, social equality and opposition to the state are different claims from a federal constitution.

Our Civic Nationalism definition includes “nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles”. The clause specifies a stance toward political authorization; an absent or rejected franchise, parliament or party is not evidence that the model endorses that institution.

Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify the permissible use of public coercion versus protected personal autonomy. The form of government does not alone establish the extent of surveillance, repression or civil liberty.

Our Civic Nationalism definition includes “nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles”. The statement distinguishes membership and exclusion; rejecting the community's own assimilation is different from requiring minorities to assimilate.

Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.

Renan's emphasis on the consent of disputed populations supports a restrained civic-national reading. Civic identity by itself does not settle whether a state uses foreign force; the retained noninterventionist leaning is an interpretation of consent, not a universal law of nationalism.

Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify ownership of productive assets, land and enterprises. Welfare spending, moral solidarity and expert administration do not by themselves abolish or privatize productive ownership.

Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.


Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify cross-border trade, capital flows and economic integration. Domestic market freedom and international cultural solidarity are different claims from a free-trade policy.

Renan separates political nationhood from race, language and religious membership and treats religion as individual conscience. The secular public-membership direction is grounded in that civic strand, without implying personal unbelief or prescribing every civic-national constitution.

Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify public attitudes toward inherited customs, family, gender and social change. Economic redistribution, technological novelty and a religious affiliation do not uniquely determine every moral position.


Our Civic Nationalism model centers on nation defined by citizenship and common laws, not ethnicity, open to whoever accepts our democratic principles. That core does not specify the priority given to technological transformation versus ecological or bodily limits. Historical age, rural life and scientific reasoning do not by themselves establish acceptance or rejection of all technology.

Leans further toward progressive than 86% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.


On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
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