This comment was written quickly and can easily contain errors and inaccuracies.
I haven’t read the post, but here’s a model that may be useful:
Nationalism is not a naturally occurring phenomenon. It is a goal optimized for by NatSec elites (the people who C. Wright Mills called “warlords”). In “democracies” that have a powerful NatSec community, nationalism can help NatSec elites gain more power by legitimizing a conflict. (Conflicts can be extremely useful for NatSec elites in “democracies” for gaining more power.)
(Perhaps some researchers/leaders in AGI labs should be considered “NatSec elites” for the purpose of this comment.)
This comment was written quickly and can easily contain errors and inaccuracies.
I haven’t read the post, but here’s a model that may be useful:
Nationalism is not a naturally occurring phenomenon. It is a goal optimized for by NatSec elites (the people who C. Wright Mills called “warlords”). In “democracies” that have a powerful NatSec community, nationalism can help NatSec elites gain more power by legitimizing a conflict. (Conflicts can be extremely useful for NatSec elites in “democracies” for gaining more power.)
(Perhaps some researchers/leaders in AGI labs should be considered “NatSec elites” for the purpose of this comment.)