Negatives Of Ultranationalism

Ultranationalism is an extreme form of nationalism, often involving extreme patriotism. It often causes conflicts and interferes with co-operation between nations, those who believe ultranationalism is called ultranationalist. Ultranationalist move from valuing their own nation and its interest to hostility toward people of other nations. It started first in Europe in the 1900s, ultranationalists dictators emerged in the Soviet Union and Germany. Leaders inspired the people to worship them and fear in the people who questioned their leadership. For example,Joseph Stalin who was a communist became a Russian leader in 1928. One of his first action was to confiscate land owned by farmers and created collective farm owned by the state. Those who were objected were executed and …show more content…
People who are blamed for a country’s ills and who become targeted by the leaders and they are often aware as having some advantage in the country, the idea being that if they were removed from the country, the rest of the country would be harmed and would in fact be cured of many of its problems For example, Adolf Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat throughout WWII, children were taught to believe that Jews were creatures and that Germans was the superior race.Hitler was obsessed with racial purity. He described Germans as the ruler of the world and non Germans came to be seen as impure and evil, to Hitler’s government the ideal person had pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. Another example was when Canada used the people who would not fight as scapegoats to encourage more soldiers to recruit during the Conscription Crisis. Because Canada had no threat of invasion, troops did little and had no desire to fight, but with a government order allowed Canada to send 16 000 people overseas to