American Nationalism | The Global Conversation

Added: 2026-06-07

[00:00:01][music] >> And there's actually a term for this.

[00:00:06]>> Really?

[00:00:06]>> in my book. We talk about xenophobia a lot, which is fear of what is other, fear of what is foreign. There's also oikophobia, which is fear of what is home, fear of what is familiar. And I think that we have an oikophobia problem right now in in the United States that >> That's such a terrible sentiment. Nobody should be wanting to be an oikophobic. I mean, if you use that a lot, maybe it might reverse the trend.

[00:00:29]>> Well, yeah, I mean, you do have a lot of young people, a lot of progressives. I also think fellow Arab and Muslim Americans who, because of Gaza and because of their their loss of faith in the American establishment, they're turning against the American idea. And I just I don't think that's sustainable.

[00:00:47]>> Mhm.

[00:00:48]>> I think for this country to survive and prosper, there has to be you have to love your Enough people have to love the country.