Soon after the French revolution in 1814 the Congress of Vienna was charged with reconstructing Europe. The French monarchy was back and in 1830 King Louis Phillipe had created a system in which only the rich got a vote. In 1848 the middle class revolted and set up the Second Republic, giving all men a vote and unifying France in equality.

Germany was under the German Confederation, which was made up of 39 separate states. Many middle class businessmen wanted Germany to become whole as a nation-state because of the taxes and tariffs involved with transporting goods throughout the Confederation. But the German conservatives were opposed to liberalism and nationalism, and stood i

The lower classes were the last to benefit, but they benefited the most from German nationalism. Between the years of 1871 an 1941 an Industrial Revolution began, the beginning of the 20th century brought with it the development of new industry, transportation and energy; thus improving life for the masses. National labor unions were legalized and in 1884 Germany implemented accident insurance for all factory workers; in 1889 pension plans were introduced. Germany was at last a whole nation, united by the benefits of Nationalism.

The question is, in this day in age, where globalization is such a powerful economic force, have we outgrown nationalism? The answer is no. The world needs globalization in order to appreciate each nation and what it uniquely has to offer. I believe Karl Marx and Friedrich Engeld said it best over 150 years ago in the Communist Manifesto. They wrote: “National one-sidedness and narrow-mindedness becomes more and more impossible, and from the numerous national and local literature, there arises a world literature.” By combining our efforts in the free movement of capital goods, services and labor around the world, the consumer gets the best of what each country has to offer. But each is still it’s own nation, with it’s own people and culture, and I believe in the years to come nationalism will still be a powerful force in our world.

Canada and America are close in many ways, geographically, in language, culturally, and economically. We share so much, and on Septem

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