It seems to me that “internationalism” would be seen as “a thing” precisely because nationalism is so strongly the default or status quo and nations often an unquestioned unit of organization (you could flip the frame of “internationalism is only a tool” to “nationalism is a tool” for doing things, good or otherwise, after all).
It seems to me that “internationalism” would be seen as “a thing” precisely because nationalism is so strongly the default or status quo and nations often an unquestioned unit of organization (you could flip the frame of “internationalism is only a tool” to “nationalism is a tool” for doing things, good or otherwise, after all).