Canada is out of the World Cup, but for a moment much of the country pulled together in solidarity—a sentiment worth savouring and emulating beyond the pitch.
Without a doubt. But what I'm thinking is that solidarity is always based on shared affective connections that can be created and that look a lot like the sort we see in attachments in sport, family, etc., etc. So, there are values differences and scale issues, but the ideal is edifying. So, I take your point on values, but I'm arguing that the affective construction of that link is powerful.
Nationalism can be a dangerous force to make use of but I think you can be strategic about it. Look at pitching the green new deal as a “new deal” for example. It can backfire too mind you, not only in terms of the impulses it unleashes but also e.g. cringe expressions that are obvious pandering—“Centre ice conservatives” 🤣🤣.
Not that yon should turn this info a sports blog but the occasional piece on Cdn soccer is A++
Oh, thank you. But I *should* make this a sports blog, lol.
For me it's a big difference between solidarity and the shared affinity for the national team that the former has particular values attached.
Without a doubt. But what I'm thinking is that solidarity is always based on shared affective connections that can be created and that look a lot like the sort we see in attachments in sport, family, etc., etc. So, there are values differences and scale issues, but the ideal is edifying. So, I take your point on values, but I'm arguing that the affective construction of that link is powerful.
Nationalism can be a dangerous force to make use of but I think you can be strategic about it. Look at pitching the green new deal as a “new deal” for example. It can backfire too mind you, not only in terms of the impulses it unleashes but also e.g. cringe expressions that are obvious pandering—“Centre ice conservatives” 🤣🤣.
Somehow the cringe expressions cut deepest. Jk.